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Bbk_agp Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

difference between also and at the same time

Hi everyone,

I wonder what the difference between "also" and "at the same time".

Thanks
Babak A.
  

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Sometimes they have similar meanings and sometimes they don't. Also has many uses. The same: I bought a guitar and also a violin.

— Doctor D

  • Sometimes they have similar meanings and sometimes they don't.
  • Also has many uses.
  • The same: I bought a guitar and also a violin.
  • (Purchased both together).
  • I bought a guitar and at the same time brought a violin.
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Sometimes they have similar meanings and sometimes they don't. Also has many uses.
The same:
I bought a guitar and also a violin. (Purchased both together).
I bought a guitar and at the same time brought a violin. (Purchased both together).
Not the same:
I bought a guitar and I also went shopping for clothes.

"At the same time" means during the same interval of time
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