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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

At the same time as when~

The militia was formed when demons and monsters appeared on the island, at the same time as when the Stormwall formed.

I'd like to know what role "when" plays in my example.

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

"same time as when" sounds a bit horrible to me. I would delete "when".

— GPY

  • "same time as when" sounds a bit horrible to me.
  • I would delete "when".
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"same time as when" sounds a bit horrible to me. I would delete "when".
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Thank you, GPY, for your kind answer. Emotion: smile
I'd like to know it is grammatical when doing not care about naturalness of it "The milit
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park sang joonI'd like to know whether I can rephrase my example to the following."The militia was formed when demons and monsters appeared on the island, at the same time as (the militia was formed) when the Stormwall formed. "
No. 'when' or 'at the same time (as)'. Not both. Take your choice between the two rephrasings shown below. 'as' is optiona
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