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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

RIGHT WHEN????

Is it grammatically correct to use RIGHT WHEN ?? or do you use something else?

- I love the sensation you get/feel right while you are sneezing.

THank you
  

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My version: I love the sensation I get when I sneeze. Why not, if you get the sensation when the person you're talking to sneezes: I love the sensation I get when you sneeze. I suppose in English people also say inexact things like: I love the sensation you get when you sneeze.

— Cool Breeze

  • My version: I love the sensation I get when I sneeze.
  • Why not, if you get the sensation when the person you're talking to sneezes: I love the sensation I get when you sneeze.
  • I suppose in English people also say inexact things like: I love the sensation you get when you sneeze.
  • To me, that seems to suggest that the person I'm talking to gets the sensation when he sneezes, but I love it!
  • CB
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My version: I love the sensation I get when I sneeze.
Why not, if you get the sensation when the person you're talking to sneezes: I love the sensation I get when you sneeze.

I suppose in English people also say inexact things like: I love the sensation you get when you sneeze.

To me, that seems to suggest that the person I'm talking to get
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Cool BreezeI suppose in English people also say inexact things like: I love the sensation you get when you sneeze.
To me, that seems to suggest that the person I'm talking to gets the sensation when he sneezes, but I love it!
Interesting. I hadn't noticed that point. But can't that "you" be taken as "generic you"? It makes sense, I think.
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KooyeenI hadn't noticed that point. But can't that "you" be taken as "generic you"?
Yes, of course. In English one never knows what "you" really means. However, if it is a generic "you", how does one express the idea my first interpretation suggests? (I love the sensation you get when you sneeze.= I love the sensation the person I'm
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Could you help me say this sentence properly?

- I love the sensation you get/feel/have (right) while/when I am sneezing/while I sneeze.

Thank you
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I'd suggest this:

'I love the sensation when I sneeze'.
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'I love the sensation you have when you sneeze'.
Simplicity, FTW!
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