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25 Dec 2016
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English (UK)
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Serbian
Question about English (UK)
«Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work»
why "as"?
«Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work»
why "as"?
why "as"?
I know the meaning, but don't understand why not "while"?
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- Indonesian
Ha, bet you're reading Harry Potter (JK lol)!!
I think the 'as' works just fine. You can replace it with 'while' but if you did, you would erase the 'he' and change the verb 'picked' into 'picking'. I think. I'm still studying too._.
- Russian
@Naakarin and how did you guess? lol yeah, I decided to level up my eng lexicon with books) and we haven't really good adaptation HP in rus yet( so.. my choice is clear))))
i didn't know that "as" possibly use in meaning "while". it's grand opening for me lol
i didn't know that "as" possibly use in meaning "while". it's grand opening for me lol
- Indonesian
Dunno man, that's as far as I can remember lol
- English (UK)
You can substitute 'as' with 'whilst' without alternating the rest of the sentence. If that helps.
- Russian
@jakehopking thank you)
but why "as"? i trying to understand how often "as" using in this mean? and when? or maybe it's whim of the writer?
but why "as"? i trying to understand how often "as" using in this mean? and when? or maybe it's whim of the writer?
- English (UK)
@Slava_ej it's just a more casual, less jarring way of saying the same thing. It's used a lot in natural speech.
- Russian
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