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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

while/when

I saw her while I was walking down the street.

Can I say

I saw her when I was walking down the street.

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I've read the whole page; does this sentence

The cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us.

sound natural to you? I think WHILE HE WAS WAITING is better, what do you think?
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Johnson13 I think WHILE HE WAS WAITING is better, what do you think?
I don't think it's better.
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Johnson13does this sentenceThe cab driver left the meter running while he waited for us.sound natural to you?
Yes. It sounds natural. You often see the past continuous ('was waiting') after while, but the simple past ('waited') is also good. while has the property of forcing a 'continuous' (i.e., 'imperfective') reading on the following verb.
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