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Taka Posted 14 years ago
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While
What difference do you native speakers perceive between these two?
She was reading a magazine while she was standing in the waiting room.
She was standing in the waiting room while she was reading a magazine.
She was reading a magazine while she was standing in the waiting room.
She was standing in the waiting room while she was reading a magazine.
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Hi, In each case, the main focus is on the main clause. That's why it is called the main clause. Clive
- Hi, In each case, the main focus is on the main clause.
- That's why it is called the main clause.
- Clive
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Hi,
In each case, the main focus is on the main clause.
That's why it is called the main clause.
In each case, the main focus is on the main clause.
That's why it is called the main clause.
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TakaWhat difference do you native speakers perceive between these two?In all sentences of this type I envision the situation in the while-clause as the background. It is the painted se
She was reading a magazine while she was standing in the waiting room.
She was standing in the waiting room while she was reading a magazine.
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CalifJim I find it more difficult to imagine the second.CJIf you had this context, would you still find it difficult to imagine it?
There were plenty of chairs in the waiting room so people would be seated reading magazines or newspapers while waiting. Still, she was standing in the room while she was reading a magazine. I wondered why.
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