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Vsuresh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

style

Hi
Please tell me which is a good style, or is either of them correct depending on the stress?

Yesterday, when he was playing in the garden he saw a snake.

Yesterday, he saw a snake when he was playing in the garden
  

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Hi. Wouldn't it be better if you replace "when" with "while"? Yesterday, he saw a snake while he was playing in the garden.

— MIG

  • Hi.
  • Wouldn't it be better if you replace "when" with "while"?
  • Yesterday, he saw a snake while he was playing in the garden.
  • or Yesterday, he saw a snake while he was playing in the garden.
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Hi.
Wouldn't it be better if you replace "when" with "while"?

Yesterday, he saw a snake while he was playing in the garden.

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Yesterday, he saw a snake while he was playi
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MIGHi.Wouldn't it be better if you replace "when" with "while"?Yesterday, he saw a snake while he was playing in the garden.orYesterday, he saw a snake while he was playing in the garden.
Thank you. Yes, while seems to be better choice here.
If while is going to replace when it will turn a simple sentence and "playing in the garden: will be a gerund phrase
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I am very sorry vsuresh.Emotion: sad
The grammatical aspect of your question is beyond my knowledge.
Please w
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vsureshYesterday, when he was playing in the garden, he saw a snake. Yesterday, he saw a snake when he was playing in the garden
I'd add a comma in the first.

I don't see any real difference between when and while in these sentences.
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Thank you, fivejedon.
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