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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"that" with "when"

0Parents should have their children practice how they would yell and scream if someone tried to abduct them. It’s good training for the kids, and they’ll love it. Also, children should be taught to yell 01b00that02b00 the person trying to abduct them is not their parent. This will alert those nearby that a possible child abduction is taking place.02br
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00Can the bold "that" be replaced with "when"? Please advise. 0-
  

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0I personally think it would be ok... but you should/could also use an IF construct instead. Actually if I think twice the best choice would be "unless", this would be the most appropriate alternative according to this sentence but I'm not a native speaker so it is my personal opinion.

— Anonymous

  • 0I personally think it would be ok...
  • but you should/could also use an IF construct instead.
  • Actually if I think twice the best choice would be "unless", this would be the most appropriate alternative according to this sentence but I'm not a native speaker so it is my personal opinion.
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0I personally think it would be ok... but you should/could also use an IF construct instead. Actually if I think twice the best choice would be "unless", this would be the most appropriate alternative according to this sentence but I'm not a native speaker so it is my personal opinion. 0-
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0No, it's not the same thing at all!02br
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00Yell that the person is not their parent -- The child screams "You're not my mom! Let me go! You're not my mom!"02br
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00Yell when the person is not their parent -- The child screams "AHHHHHH!"02br
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00Yell 01i00that02i00 tells the child what to scream. It's fa
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