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EyeSeeYou Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Past Continuous Doubt

To be honest, I find all of these correct:

1) I was walking in the park when I heard a scream.
2) When I heard a scream I was walking in the park.
3) When I was walking in the park I heard a scream.
4) While I was walking..., I heard a scream.
5) I heard a scream while I was walking...
6) As I was walking ... I heard a scream.
7) I heard a scream as I wss walking...
  

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(2) feels unusual. "When I heard the scream, I was walking in the park" seems more likely. The others are OK.

— GPY

  • (2) feels unusual.
  • "When I heard the scream, I was walking in the park" seems more likely.
  • The others are OK.
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(2) feels unusual. "When I heard the scream, I was walking in the park" seems more likely.

The others are OK.
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My doubt had more to do with the sentences using WHEN in that I came up with three examples instead of two as qas the case with the other connectors. Seems like one is iffy.
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