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Kane159 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
"As / when" issue
Hi,
I have a problem concerning the use of "as" and "when". According to my grammar book, "as" is used only if two things happen at the sime time, for example: "As we walked home, we talked about movies". I find this confusing as I've seen many sentences where there's "when" instead of "as", such as in the following sentence: "I saw Sally when I was crossing the street." These two actions happened at the same time as well, right? The grammar book says that "when" is used if one things happens after another, hence I'm asking you about this problem. Can you give me a hand?
Thank you in advance!
I have a problem concerning the use of "as" and "when". According to my grammar book, "as" is used only if two things happen at the sime time, for example: "As we walked home, we talked about movies". I find this confusing as I've seen many sentences where there's "when" instead of "as", such as in the following sentence: "I saw Sally when I was crossing the street." These two actions happened at the same time as well, right? The grammar book says that "when" is used if one things happens after another, hence I'm asking you about this problem. Can you give me a hand?
Thank you in advance!
Top answer
"When" can refer to events happening at the same time. When it rains, it pours. (An old expression.
- "When" can refer to events happening at the same time.
- When it rains, it pours.
- (An old expression.
- )
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"When" can refer to events happening at the same time.
When it rains, it pours. (An old expression. Simultaneous actions.)
When it rains, it pours. (An old expression. Simultaneous actions.)
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