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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

As meaning when or while?

“Then, one day, Mr. Falker asked her to stay after school and help wash the blackboards. He put on music and brought out little sandwiches [ as ] they worked and talked.” (From the book Thank You Mr. Falker)May I humbly ask two questions?1. Is it that the act of putting on music happened before bringing out the sandwiches, starting working or started talking right?
2. Does as in the bracket mean When, or While? Which one is correct, when or while? Thanks.
  

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1. Here the implication is that the very first thing Falker did was put on music. " 2.

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1. Here the implication is that the very first thing Falker did was put on music. In US English, the phrase "put on music" is preparatory to everything else, for example: "I put on music and lit the candles and made us drinks."


2. The word "as" here means "while."

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