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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Regarding a subordinate clause
Hi. Is the underlined part of the sentence correct? If it is, could we have written it better, perhaps to be clearer? Also, should we use the word "when" one more time between the conjunction "and" the pronoun "they"? As for your information, the pronoun "they" refers to the people who were in the seminar room. Thank you in advance for your help.
When he went into the seminar room and (when?) they saw him, they were shocked.
When he went into the seminar room and (when?) they saw him, they were shocked.
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) they saw him, they were shocked. Since the act of being "shocked" is on the part of "they" and their being shocked is dependent upon when they saw him , I would actually omit the first "when", and include the one you have in parenthesis. "
- ) they saw him, they were shocked.
- Since the act of being "shocked" is on the part of "they" and their being shocked is dependent upon when they saw him , I would actually omit the first "when", and include the one you have in parenthesis.
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AnonymousWhen he went into the seminar room and (when?) they saw him, they were shocked.Since the act of being "shocked" is on the part of "they" and their being shocked is dependent upon when they saw him, I would actually omit the first "when", and include the one you have in parenthesis.
"He went into the seminar room, and when they saw him
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