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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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A 16-year-old sailor on a round-the-world journey was adrift

A 16-year-old sailor on a round-the-world journey was adrift in the frigid southern Indian Ocean on Friday as rescue boats headed toward her yacht, damaged by 30-foot waves that knocked out her communications and prompted her to set off a distress signal.

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I mostly use 'as' in sense of 'while' and 'when', e.g. I heard the gunshot as I was enetering my room. The use of 'as' above suggests as if rescue boats were already on their way before the sailor went stray into the southern Indian Ocean. Is 'as' used as a preposition or conjunction? I have checked almost all enteries on '', none seems to fit except the the 5 under '2 as (conjunction)'
  

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Jackson6612 The use of 'as' above suggests as if that rescue boats were already on their way before the sailor went a stray in to the southern Indian Ocean. No. The sailor "was adrift".

— CalifJim

  • Jackson6612 The use of 'as' above suggests as if that rescue boats were already on their way before the sailor went a stray in to the southern Indian Ocean.
  • No.
  • The sailor "was adrift".
  • It's a state, not an action.
  • At the time the sailor was adrift (and probably had been adrift for some time), boats were heading toward her yacht.
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Jackson6612The use of 'as' above suggests as if that rescue boats were already on their way before the sailor went astray into the southern Indian Ocean.
No. The sailor "was adrift". It's a state, not an action. At
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