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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What part of speech is 'when'?

What part of speech is 'when' in the following sentence?
An apology is hard to take when the listener knows it is not sincere?
Is 'when' an adverb or a conjunction or an adverb conjunction (if there is such a thing)?
Also, what function is 'to take' in this sentence? Is it the infinitive form of the verb only?
Many thanks
Cosmo
  

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An apology is hard to take when the listener knows it is not sincere? Is 'when' an adverb or a conjunction or an adverb conjunction (if there is such a thing)? An apology is hard to take when the listener knows it is not sincere .

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AnonymousWhat part of speech is 'when' in the following sentence?An apology is hard to take when the listener knows it is not sincere? Is 'when' an adverb or a conjunction or an adverb conjunction (if there is such a thing)?
An apology is hard to take when the listener knows it is not sincere.

Most grammars would analyse it as a subor