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I will watch while you sleep . what is the position of while in this sentence?
  

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I will watch while you sleep . The analysis of the underlined expression is in fact quite problematic. One solution is to treat it as a preposition phrase with "while" a preposition as head and a subordinate content clause as complement.

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  • I will watch while you sleep .
  • The analysis of the underlined expression is in fact quite problematic.
  • One solution is to treat it as a preposition phrase with "while" a preposition as head and a subordinate content clause as complement.
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I will watch while you sleep.

The analysis of the underlined expression is in fact quite problematic. One solution is to treat it as a preposition phrase with "while" a preposition as head and a subordinate content clause as complement.

Traditional grammar, however, treats it as a subordinating conjunction, as do all dictionaries e

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