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Lov4romIndia Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Is "when" a conjunction or an adverb

Hello! Please tell me what "when" is and how it is functioning in: When I woke up she had left already.

  

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It's a subordinating conjunction of time. CJ

  • It's a subordinating conjunction of time.
  • CJ
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It's a subordinating conjunction of time.

CJ

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lov4romIndia

Hello! Please tell me what "when" is and how it is functioning in: When I woke up she had left already.

When I woke up she had left already.

Modern grammar classifies "when" as a preposition, so the underlined element is a preposition phrase in a fused relative construction.

It can be paraphrased as At the tim

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