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Waterhouse Posted 17 years ago
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What is different between 'As' and 'While'?
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I'm not an English native speaker, so there may be errors on my post. Please pardon my English. You can point out the errors. =)
Anyway, I'd like to know what is different between the conjuction 'As' and 'While'. I think Both of them are used to express the progressive meaning. My dictionary tells me As and While are the same. In general,however,As is not generally written in the progressive tense, but While is.
For example,
1.As she wandered around the streets, she found a boy begging money.
2.While she was wandering around the streets, she found a boy begging money.
Both clauses('As she~' and 'While she~') means the same situation, don't they? But, for all their same meaning, people don't use the progressive tense in the As-clause. Why? Is there a subtle difference between As and While? Please tell me. Thank you.
I'm not an English native speaker, so there may be errors on my post. Please pardon my English. You can point out the errors. =)
Anyway, I'd like to know what is different between the conjuction 'As' and 'While'. I think Both of them are used to express the progressive meaning. My dictionary tells me As and While are the same. In general,however,As is not generally written in the progressive tense, but While is.
For example,
1.As she wandered around the streets, she found a boy begging money.
2.While she was wandering around the streets, she found a boy begging money.
Both clauses('As she~' and 'While she~') means the same situation, don't they? But, for all their same meaning, people don't use the progressive tense in the As-clause. Why? Is there a subtle difference between As and While? Please tell me. Thank you.
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Hi Waterhouse, Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us! This is a really great question, and I'm embarrassed that I can't answer it.
- Hi Waterhouse, Welcome to English Forums.
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- This is a really great question, and I'm embarrassed that I can't answer it.
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- I think your analysis is off just a little bit.
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Hi Waterhouse, Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us!
This is a really great question, and I'm embarrassed that I can't answer it. Hopefully someone else will come along soon.
I think your analysis is off just a little bit. We often say, "As she was wandering around the streets, etc."
What we don't say is, "As wandering around the streets, sh
This is a really great question, and I'm embarrassed that I can't answer it. Hopefully someone else will come along soon.
I think your analysis is off just a little bit. We often say, "As she was wandering around the streets, etc."
What we don't say is, "As wandering around the streets, sh
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