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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

when/ while

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01font00Mr. Jones answered the phones for the manager 01font00when02font00 she went to deliver the paycheck.02font02br
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00My feeling is that 'while' implies the manager came back later, while 'when' doesn't necessarily imply the same.02br
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0 Maybe 05000 will be helpful0250hrefhttp://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/whenwhile01.htmlcTHIS
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01cite10Dominik12cite10Maybe 15010 will be helpful12br
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10Wow! Thanks a lot.02br
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