"I remember when I first met her." Does "when" in this sentence mean "the situation at the time"?
When I hear a man say "I remember when I first met her.", I think he is not saying something such as, for example, "I first met her on Sunday, not Saturday." but he is expressing something like how it felt for him to see her then.
In short, in some cases "when" means the situation at that time rather than the time itself.
Please tell me whether my remark above is proper and, if so, whether this is a standard and formal usage and in what kind of situation I can use "when" that way.
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" That is all that it says. modest2017 but he is expressing something like how it felt for him to see her then. That would only come out as a result of further context.
- " That is all that it says.
- modest2017 but he is expressing something like how it felt for him to see her then.
- That would only come out as a result of further context.
- modest2017 In short, in some cases "when" means the situation at that time rather than the time itself.
- Only when further context supplies that information.
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modest2017When I hear a man say "I remember when I first met her.", I think he is not saying something such as, for example, "I first met her on Sunday, not Saturday."
That is all that it says.
modest2017 but he is expressing something like how it felt for him to see her then.
That would only come out as a result o
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