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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The minute WHEN I get home...

I saw this question in my school's worksheet. This is a synthesis exercise and we are supposed to use the connector, WHEN in the sentence.

I will call you the minute I get home.

____________________________ when
____________________________.

The correct answer being, I will call you the minute WHEN I get home.

As a native speaker, this sounds horrendous to my ear. But I'm going to need more substantial proof that this is wrong. Can anyone quote me some grammar rules regarding this topic please?
  

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Anonymous The correct answer being, I will call you the minute WHEN I get home. As a native speaker, this sounds horrendous to my ear. But I'm going to need more substantial proof that this is wrong.

— Canadian45

  • Anonymous The correct answer being, I will call you the minute WHEN I get home.
  • As a native speaker, this sounds horrendous to my ear.
  • But I'm going to need more substantial proof that this is wrong.
  • Can anyone quote me some grammar rules regarding this topic please?
  • I don't think you need any grammar rules.
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AnonymousThe correct answer being, I will call you the minute WHEN I get home.
As a native speaker, this sounds horrendous to my ear. But I'm going to need more substantial proof that this is wrong. Can anyone quote me some grammar rules regarding this topic please?
I don't think you need any grammar rules. 'when' is not needed and sounds bad!
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That's not how it works in bureaucratic organisations. I'm an elementary teacher by the way, not a student, and I don't agree with the given answer to this question.
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Oh, I posted this question as Anon.
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That poor sentence needs to be put out of its misery!
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Sean ChewThat's not how it works in bureaucratic organisations.
Well then, how does it work? Is there a process for you to follow to challenge the worksheet? If so, try that. Tell the appropriate person that you've found a worksheet that needs to be corrected.

CJ
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AnonymousBut I'm going to need more substantial proof that this is wrong.
I will call you the minute that I get home.

The underlined is a that-clause. If that is omitted, it’s still there but just implied. But when is not part of the clause and has no business being there at all. Therefore, if you use when, yo
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Some people have always objected to such combinations as 'the time when', the place where' and 'the reason why', but they are still commonly used. This is a matter of style rather than grammar
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fivejedjon'the time when'
I don't see this as objectionable when 'time' is taken as 'occasion' (It reminds me of the time when the choir director lost his false teeth), but it does jar my brain when a specific measure of time is used, as in the day when I saw him, the year when I graduated from college, or the very second when I said it.
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Thank you very much for all the replies!

I will bring up this information together with the list of changes.
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