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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

While / When /As I was watching TV, she came in.

I have searched for usage of when and while but I am still confused.

While I was watching TV, she came in.

When I was watching TV, she came in.

As I was watching TV, she came in.

I know sometimes they are not interchangeable for the same meaning, but I still cannot find any meaning difference between the three sentences. So I feel like they mean the same in the example sentences. What do you native English speakers think?

Thank you so much again and have a good day.
  

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Hans51 I know sometimes they are not interchangeable for the same meaning, but I still cannot find any meaning difference between the three sentences. So I feel like they mean the same in the example sentences So do I. They often do.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hans51 I know sometimes they are not interchangeable for the same meaning, but I still cannot find any meaning difference between the three sentences.
  • So I feel like they mean the same in the example sentences So do I.
  • They often do.
  • They vary when 'when' indicates a point in time while 'while' indicates a duration of time:
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Hans51I know sometimes they are not interchangeable for the same meaning, but I still cannot find any meaning difference between the three sentences. So I feel like they mean the same in the example sentences
So do I. They often do. They vary when 'when' indicates a point in time while 'while' indicates a duration of time:
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Thank you so much and I almost got it, but They often do means they often mean the same, right? This is what you agreed with, right? After rereading your reply, I don't know why, but I got confused again. Please forgive my ignorance.
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Hans51 They often do means they often mean the same, right?
Yes, that's right, Hans.
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