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Sick Of english Posted 15 years ago
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Same meaning?

Hello all!

Do both of these sentences have the same meaning?

"-He died, trying to rescue the little girl

-He died, while trying to rescue the little girl"

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Sick Of englishHe died, trying to rescue the little girl.
He died, while trying to rescue the little girl.
To my ear, the version with "while" allows that the two events MAY have been coincidental, and the first example suggests more strongly that the attempted rescue was the cause of the death.

President Coolidge died [while] dr
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Got it!

Thanks to both of you for such a quick answer. I do appreciate that.

See you around.

SOE.
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