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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
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In the mean time of doing sth.

0 is this a proper expression? for example, in the mean time of loading the cargo on board, the surveyor made an inspection of the cargo quality. 02br
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0 Dear Vincent Ding, 02br 02br 00No, "in the mean time of doing something" is not correct. 02br 00"in the meantime" is adverbial, and means: during that time. 02br 00Your sentence could read: "Sailors were loading the cargo on board; in the meantime, the surveyor made an inspection of the cargo quality".

— Goldmund

  • 0 Dear Vincent Ding, 02br 02br 00No, "in the mean time of doing something" is not correct.
  • 02br 00"in the meantime" is adverbial, and means: during that time.
  • 02br 00Your sentence could read: "Sailors were loading the cargo on board; in the meantime, the surveyor made an inspection of the cargo quality".
  • 02br 00"in the meantime" is synonymous with "meanwhile".
  • 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 02br 00Goldmund 0-
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0 Dear Vincent Ding, 02br
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00No, "in the mean time of doing something" is not correct. 02br
00"in the meantime" is adverbial, and means: during that time. 02br
00Your sentence could read: "Sailors were loading the cargo on board; in the meantime, the surveyor made an inspection of the cargo quality". 02br
00"in the meantime" is synonym
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0 Hi, 02br
00I agree with the earlier comments in this example. 02br
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00However, I just want to point out that 'mean time' is also a statistical expression. If the cargo is loaded in 2 hours the first time and 10 hours the second time, the mean time to load the cargo is 6 hours. So in another example, this type of expression might be legitimate. 02br

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0 Dear Clive, 02br
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00That possibility did not occur to me. Thank you for the clarification. 02br
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00Kindest regards, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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