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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

time conjunctions

1- ---- we were studying Greek mythology in class, he'd have us all dress up, and he made me dress up as a tree for scenery. His lessons were unforgettable.

A) Once B) When C) Until D) While E) Before

2- I started being interested in environmental issues ---- I was studying community
planning at Cornell University Graduate School.

A) Once B) When C) Until D) While E) Before

3- ---- I was studying at the San Francisco Conservatory, I played in chamber music
groups.

A) Once B) When C) Until D) While E) Before

4- My first visit to Xochimilco was in 1948, ---- I was studying at the National University on the G.I. Bill.

A) Once B) When C) Until D) While E) Before



which one of these 3 questions would you ask on a test? Which one do you think characterizes best the use of "when" with "past continuous"?
  

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Which are your choices, Diamondring?

  • Which are your choices, Diamondring?
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Which are your choices, Diamondring?
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Pieanne
Which are your choices, Diamondring?

would you prefer to use diamond as a ring?

about the choices, now I really wonder what yours are, Pieanne.
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Oops, sorry for your nick, Drg... That's how I read it! (I like them as earrings...)

I can give my (non-native) opinion when you've given yours
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PieanneOops, sorry for your nick, Drg... That's how I read it! (I like them as earrings...)

I can give my (non-native) opinion when you've given yours
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Diamondrg1- ---- we were studying Greek mythology in class, he'd have us all dress up, and he made me dress up as a tree for scenery. His lessons were unforgettable.

A) Once B) When C) Until D) While E) Before

2- I started being interested in environmental issues ---- I was studying community
planning at Cornell University Graduate School
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Can you explain why you think "while" should be used in 2?
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Because "started being interested" takes some time; you may still be interested in the matter now.
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diamondrg,
My choices were exactly the same as Pieanne's, and my reason goes like this.
Starting to be interested in something is an action that could naturally take place as a logical consequence of attending that institution and could take place during the course of the activity of attending that institution (i.e., while attending).
(The only other one that sho
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2- I started being interested in environmental issues ---- I was studying community
planning at Cornell University Graduate School.

A) Once B) When C) Until D) While E) Before

3- ---- I was studying at the San Francisco Conservatory, I played in chamber music
groups.

A) Once B) When C) Until D) While E) Before

If the answer is "Whil
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Could you please state the one-time activity rule as you understand it - and how it applies to the example about environmental issues. I remember writing about one-time events somewhere in some post, but I don't remember what it was, and I don't recall giving it the status of a "rule", but who knows? Please refresh my memory. I don't know what I could have been thinking if I said one-time

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