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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

As I played the guitar

Are these sentences correct with the given meanings:
1) He played the piano, as I played the guitar. (He played the piano and I played the guitar)
2) He played the piano as I played the guitar. (He played the piano in the same way I played the guitar.)
3) He played the piano like I played the guitar. (He played the piano in the same way I played the guitar.)


I think (1) and (2) could also mean: He played the piano while I played the guitar.
(1) could mean: He played the piano because I played the guitar.
Those are not the meanings I have in mind.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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" A native speaker would say things like this: He played the piano while I played the guitar. As I picked up my guitar, he sat down at the piano and we played some improvised jazz.

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  • " A native speaker would say things like this: He played the piano while I played the guitar.
  • As I picked up my guitar, he sat down at the piano and we played some improvised jazz.
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It's hard to imagine playing two instruments that are as different as a piano and a guitar "in the same way."

A native speaker would say things like this:

He played the piano while I played the guitar.
As I picked up my guitar, he sat down at the piano and we played some improvised jazz.
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