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I would like to know the difference between "when(1)" and "when(2)".
1. We take the bus to school when it rains
2. Organ donation is when a person living or dead allows his or her organs to be used in another person.
I would like to know the difference between "when(1)" and "when(2)".
1. We take the bus to school when it rains
2. Organ donation is when a person living or dead allows his or her organs to be used in another person.
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1-- when = at the time or in the event that: 'when we were young'; 'when the noise stops'. 2-- when = In informal style when is often used after forms of be in definitions: A dilemma is when you don't know which way to turn. Although useful, this construction is widely regarded as incorrect or unsuitable for formal discourse.
- 1-- when = at the time or in the event that: 'when we were young'; 'when the noise stops'.
- 2-- when = In informal style when is often used after forms of be in definitions: A dilemma is when you don't know which way to turn.
- Although useful, this construction is widely regarded as incorrect or unsuitable for formal discourse.
- In formal style such definitions should be recast to eliminate is when, either by supplying generic term that may be modified by a restrictive adjective clause ( A dilemma is a situation in which you don't know which way to turn ) or by making the when-clause adverbial ( You are in a dilemma when you don't know which way to turn ).
- (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language)
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1-- when = at the time or in the event that: 'when we were young'; 'when the noise stops'.
2-- when = In informal style when is often used after forms of be in definitions: A dilemma is when you don't know which way to turn. Although useful, this construction is widely regarded as incorrect or unsuitable for formal discourse. In formal style such definitions sho
2-- when = In informal style when is often used after forms of be in definitions: A dilemma is when you don't know which way to turn. Although useful, this construction is widely regarded as incorrect or unsuitable for formal discourse. In formal style such definitions sho
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