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Certainly, Taka, if there was enough context to support it.

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So, any noun can be modified by a 'when' clause? Or is there any exception?

Example
his astonishment when she asked him to merry her.

As in the example above, is it possible to make

the job I had when I was young

into

the job when I was young

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Taka: So, any noun can be modified by a 'when' clause? Or is there any except

Certainly not when it doesn't make sense semantically.

Could you give me such an example?

Hello Taka

Perhaps 'eternity' is a word that can't be modified by a 'when' clause.

MrP

So, any noun can be modified by a 'when' clause? Or is there any exception?

It works, but, according to some, not well, with time measures themselves:

The year when I was born. (?)-- s/b: the year that I was born.
The day when I saw you last. (?) -- s/b: the day that I saw you last. etc.

Other cases:

In the movie when the boy ki

Perhaps 'eternity' is a word that can't be modified by a 'when' clause.

That's understandable. Great example. Thank you, MM!

I understand 'when' deosn't work in:

In the movie when the boy kisses the girl

But I don't really understand why it doesn't in:

It's the time when I should take my medicine

Could you explain why not? Or did you mean that 'when' was simply redundant in the sentence?

I would say 'movie' and any other noun-in-time was 'when-able':

'The movie when first released was very popular.'

But not 'timelessness'. It has no 'when'.

We should also presumably exclude 'when = if'.

Or have I misunderstood the question?

MrP