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Will Leung Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Where, while, when
Where others are preaching the virtues of a fight, Biden is urging civility.
I often see using "while" or "when" but seldom "where". Is there any special meaning of "where" in the sentence that makes it more suitable than the other two?
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Will Leung Is there any special meaning of "where" in the sentence that makes it more suitable than the other two? No. It's a less-used, alternate way of saying "while".
- Will Leung Is there any special meaning of "where" in the sentence that makes it more suitable than the other two?
- No.
- It's a less-used, alternate way of saying "while".
- "whereas" is also used in this sense.
- "when" is not as effective in conveying a contrast such as you have in this sentence.
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Will LeungIs there any special meaning of "where" in the sentence that makes it more suitable than the other two?
No. It's a less-used, alternate way of saying "while". "whereas" is also used in this sense. "when" is not as effective in conveying a contrast such as you have in this sentence.
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