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Hendy gunawan 8228 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
'When' as subordinating conjunction
Hi Teachers, I'd like to ask a question about 'when' as subordinating conjunction.
I'm getting confused about the placement of past progressive sentence and past simple with 'when' as the subordinating conjunction.
Are the sentences below correct? and does this two sentences have the same meaning?
When it was raining, I came to office.
When I came to office, it was raining.
Similar to these sentences as well..
When I was coming to office, it rained.
When it rained, I was coming to office.
Thank you for the help in advance.
I'm getting confused about the placement of past progressive sentence and past simple with 'when' as the subordinating conjunction.
Are the sentences below correct? and does this two sentences have the same meaning?
When it was raining, I came to office.
When I came to office, it was raining.
Similar to these sentences as well..
When I was coming to office, it rained.
When it rained, I was coming to office.
Thank you for the help in advance.
Top answer
Welcome to English Forums, hendy. 'When' normally occurs with simple forms; 'while' is normally used with progressive forms. Therefore: While it was raining, I came to the office.
- Welcome to English Forums, hendy.
- 'When' normally occurs with simple forms; 'while' is normally used with progressive forms.
- Therefore: While it was raining, I came to the office.
- When I came to the office, it was raining.
- While I was coming to office, it rained.
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Welcome to English Forums, hendy.
'When' normally occurs with simple forms; 'while' is normally used with progressive forms. Therefore:
While it was raining, I came to the office.
When I came to the office, it was raining.
While I was coming to office, it rained.
When it rained, I was coming to office.
'When' normally occurs with simple forms; 'while' is normally used with progressive forms. Therefore:
While it was raining, I came to the office.
When I came to the office, it was raining.
While I was coming to office, it rained.
When it rained, I was coming to office.
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