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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

when, at that moment?

01. I was just going when he came in.02br
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002. When he came in, I was just going.02br
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003. I was cooking when she knocked the door.02br
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004. When she knocked the door, I was cooking.02br
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005. She had just finished dressing when her guests arrived.02br
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006. When her guests arrived, she had just finished dressing.02br
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007. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.02br
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008. When the door opened and his wife came in, he was still smiling.02br
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00Which of the above sentences is not acceptable?0-
  

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02br 02br 00Small point: 01i 00knocked 01b 00on 02b 00the door02br 02br 02i 00 0-

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0They all seem fine to me; the pairs are essentially synonymous, though the focus lies toward the end of the sentences.02br
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00Small point: 01i00knocked 01b00on 02b00the door02br
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1i001. What is the force that causes the moon to move about the earth? Newton said the answer came to him while he was sitting in a garden. 01font00He was thinking about this question 01b00when an apple fell to the ground.02b02font02i02br
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0No comma in #4.0-
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1i00What is the force that causes the moon to move about the earth? Newton said the answer came to him while he was sitting in a garden. 01i00__________________________________________________02i02i02br
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0 I would use 01i00while 02i00in the third and fourth example. I can't see anything wrong in your sentences shifting clauses is just a choice with the help of which you stress the thing which seems most important to you.Did you understand this complicated sentence?:D 0-
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0#3 is the best because the main clause, carrying the new and significant information, falls in the position of stress-- the end of the sentence.02br
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00#2 is the worst, for the opposite reasons: the point is in a dependent clause at the insignificant beginning of the statement.0-
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