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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A question about "when"

when was your interview ?
this sentence is correct ? why ?
  

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when was your interview ? this sentence is correct ? why ?

  • when was your interview ?
  • this sentence is correct ?
  • why ?
  • >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because it's an example of grammatical, natural English.
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when was your interview ?
this sentence is correct ? why ?

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Because it's an example of grammatical, natural English.
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but we do not know it means when did the interview begin or when was the interview over ?
so i feel it is not correct
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We don't know when "exactly" it was, what we do know, is that it is over.
It took place some time in the past.
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but we do not know it means when did the interview begin or when was the interview over ?
so i feel it is not correct

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Isn't that the purpose of the question form, Guest; to find out these issues of time?
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when functions as an adverb in that context. It replaces a time, like this,

Statement: Your interview was over at 3:00.
Question1: Your interview was over when?
Question2: When was your interview over?
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It means "When did the interview begin?"
You can answer by saying, "The interview was at 3 o'clock", meaning "The interview began at 3 o'clock".

You do have another choice, however, if you want to be even more specific. You can answer, "The interview was from 3 o'clock to 4 o'clock". This is giving more information than was asked for, but there's no harm in that! (Usually the q
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Hi Jim!
How are you?
I hope you are still online. Could you please answer my questions I just posted in the same section(General English Grammar...) of this forum? I am looking forward to your reply.
Thanks.

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