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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

While or when?

Hi teachers,



Which is the correct question to the underlined and bold words?



Halls listened carefully to the voice on the other end and quickly made a few notes.



a) What did Halls do while he listened to the voice on the other end?

b) What did Halls do when he listened to the voice on the other end?





Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Thinking Spain Halls listened carefully to the voice on the other end and quickly made a few notes. a) What did Halls do while he listened to the voice on the other end? The way this is framed, I'd say you can use only a).

— Avangi

  • Thinking Spain Halls listened carefully to the voice on the other end and quickly made a few notes.
  • a) What did Halls do while he listened to the voice on the other end?
  • The way this is framed, I'd say you can use only a).
  • The understanding would be that he was continually receiving information as he wrote.
  • A slightly different scenario would be: Halls listened carefully to the voice on the other end and then quickly made a few notes.
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Thinking SpainHalls listened carefully to the voice on the other end and quickly made a few notes.
a) What did Halls do while he listened to the voice on the other end?
b) What did Halls do when he listened to the voice on the other end?The way this is framed, I'd say you can use only a).

The understanding would be that he was continually rece
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Under what conditions/ rule do we use when and while,what is the difference ?
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Thank you Avangi for your contribution and help.
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