Moonwalker Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
asleep and sleeping
0 To me those two words are very similar and the translation is the same. 02 br
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00 The doorbell rang while we were asleep. <- In this sentence, the Grammar in Use says 'as' is not appropriate but 'while' is fine. 02 br
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00 How about this one? 02 br
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00 As the doorbell rang, we were sleeping. 02 br
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00 Does 'asleep' represent a status and 'sleep' is an action? Can anyone explain the difference? 0-
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00 The doorbell rang while we were asleep. <- In this sentence, the Grammar in Use says 'as' is not appropriate but 'while' is fine. 02 br
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00 How about this one? 02 br
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00 As the doorbell rang, we were sleeping. 02 br
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00 Does 'asleep' represent a status and 'sleep' is an action? Can anyone explain the difference? 0-
Top answer
02 font 00 Same deal. "As" is not appropriate but "while" is (fine). "When" would be better.
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1 font 00 Hi Moonwalker, 00 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 As the doorbell rang, we were sleeping. 02 font 00 Same deal. "As" is not appropriate but "while" is (fine). "When" would be better. My ear would accept " 01 u 00 as/while 02 u 00 the doorbell rang repeatedly, we slept peacfully on
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01 font 00 As the doorbell rang, we were sleeping. 02 font 00 Same deal. "As" is not appropriate but "while" is (fine). "When" would be better. My ear would accept " 01 u 00 as/while 02 u 00 the doorbell rang repeatedly, we slept peacfully on
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