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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
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Q6: 'I don't like it when somebody disturbs me while I'm doing something' (a few questions about the sentence, please)
Hello dear members of the Forum,
I want to ask you a few questions about the following sentence, please.
Here's the sentence:
- I don't like it when someone disturbs me while I'm doing something.
Here're my questions, please:
1) Can I say I don't like somebody's disturbing me while I'm doing something as well and will it mean the same thing as my orignal sentence does?
2) Is the verb 'disturb' appropriate in that situation? Can I use 'interrupt' as well?
3) Can I use 'when' also (in place of 'while')?
Thank you.
I want to ask you a few questions about the following sentence, please.
Here's the sentence:
- I don't like it when someone disturbs me while I'm doing something.
Here're my questions, please:
1) Can I say I don't like somebody's disturbing me while I'm doing something as well and will it mean the same thing as my orignal sentence does?
2) Is the verb 'disturb' appropriate in that situation? Can I use 'interrupt' as well?
3) Can I use 'when' also (in place of 'while')?
Thank you.
Top answer
1) This sounds strained to me. Say I don't like somebody/anybody disturbing me while I'm doing something. I think I prefer "anybody".
- 1) This sounds strained to me.
- Say I don't like somebody/anybody disturbing me while I'm doing something.
- I think I prefer "anybody".
- 2) Yes and yes.
- 3) Yes, but arguably "while" is better as it avoids the repetition of "when".
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1) This sounds strained to me. Say I don't like somebody/anybody disturbing me while I'm doing something. I think I prefer "anybody".
2) Yes and yes.
3) Yes, but arguably "while" is better as it avoids the repetition of "when".
2) Yes and yes.
3) Yes, but arguably "while" is better as it avoids the repetition of "when".
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