While
I read the following in Metro newspaper:
Parts of Britain sweltered under the hottest day in almost 40 years yesterday - while commuters complained some buses and trains felt like they were running with the heating on.
It looks like "while" is a conjunction here but which meaning of it used here?
Is it used for contrast here?
Top answer
Parts of Britain sweltered under the hottest day in almost 40 years yesterday - while commuters complained some buses and trains felt like they were running with the heating on. I don't think it's contrastive since Britain sweltering and people complaining about the heat are not in contrast. I see it as a marginal case of co-duration.
- Parts of Britain sweltered under the hottest day in almost 40 years yesterday - while commuters complained some buses and trains felt like they were running with the heating on.
- I don't think it's contrastive since Britain sweltering and people complaining about the heat are not in contrast.
- I see it as a marginal case of co-duration.
- I take "while" as a preposition, so the adjunct is a PP.
- But for those who take it as a conjunction, it is a subordinating one and the adjunct is a finite clause.
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Parts of Britain sweltered under the hottest day in almost 40 years yesterday - while commuters complained some buses and trains felt like they were running with the heating on.
I don't think it's contrastive since Britain sweltering and people complaining about the heat are not in contrast. I see it as a marginal case of co-duration.
I take "while" as a preposition,
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