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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

ADJECTIVE or VERB and which would you say?

Which would you say please? Are they all right?

1 I started to speak right when he was finished speaking.
2 I started to speak right when he finished speaking.
3 I started to speak right when he was finishing.

#1 is an adj. or or is it the passive form?
#2 is the past simple VERB
#3 is the past continuous VERB

In #1 Finished is used like DONE in the following sentence?
I am done with my homework
DONE is an adjective.

Thank you
  

Top answer

To be perfectly honest, all three are quite horrible. The word 'right' has so many different meanings that it can sometimes be misunderstood. In the three sentences, a reader might think that it is attached to 'speak', meaning 'to speak right' or correctly.

— Adrenochrome

  • To be perfectly honest, all three are quite horrible.
  • The word 'right' has so many different meanings that it can sometimes be misunderstood.
  • In the three sentences, a reader might think that it is attached to 'speak', meaning 'to speak right' or correctly.
  • I believe that you mean 'right when' meaning 'immediately after'.
  • I would phrase the same sentence as 'I started speaking just as he had finished' or ' I started just as he finished speaking'.
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To be perfectly honest, all three are quite horrible. The word 'right' has so many different meanings that it can sometimes be misunderstood. In the three sentences, a reader might think that it is attached to 'speak', meaning 'to speak right' or correctly. I believe that you mean 'right when' meaning 'immediately after'.
I would phrase the same sentence as
'I started speaking just as he
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