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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Meanwhile

Can I say,

After a while, they found a huge trree and sat under it. They started to fish. Meanwhile, they caught some fish.
  

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I don't think so. Meanwhile can only be used with 2 separate actions. Fishing and catching fish are usually done together, so I would choose 'and' or some other construction.

— Old Man Gordon

  • I don't think so.
  • Meanwhile can only be used with 2 separate actions.
  • Fishing and catching fish are usually done together, so I would choose 'and' or some other construction.
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I don't think so. Meanwhile can only be used with 2 separate actions. Fishing and catching fish are usually done together, so I would choose 'and' or some other construction. You could say "Meanwhile a man played with his dog."
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Thanks. That means:

They started to fish and caught some fish. (this is the correct version)
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Vincent TeoThey started to fish. Meanwhile, they caught some fish.
No. You want something like this:

They started to fish. Before long, they caught some fish.

Or:

They started to fish. Soon they caught some fish.

If you want to use meanwhile, you'll need other people doing something else:
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