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I wrote the sentence-

> キャンパスからEMXバスに乗れば、ユージンバスターミナルまで１０ぷんぐらいかかります。

However, I was told by my teacher that かかる has a negative connotation and
should not be used when explaining an amount of time that is convenient or
quick and that I should use something else? As far as I researched, かかる was
used in most examples I could find in the textbook or elsewhere. Is this
statement about it being negative accurate? and If so would I just say 時間があります
or is there another verb I should use instead?
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grammar word-choice
In regards to something taking time 時間がかかる and the connotation that phrase implies
～まで10分かかります is not necessarily that negative, but it does have the connotation
of "require 10 minutes". If you are implying 10 minutes is short enough, you
usually have to say something like this:

> バスに乗ればターミナルまで10分で行けます。

If you want to be very neutral, you can also say:

> ここからターミナルまではバスで10分です。

When you want to say "takes **only** 10 minutes" explicitly, you can also say:

> バスに乗ればターミナルまで10分しかかかりません。
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