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Question: put a relative adverb in the blank.
"She went to a festival, ( ) her sister almost found her."
I think the answer is "where," but I wonder if "when" is possible and make any sense.
I saw an example like "I got home, when it began to rain." Does this mean "when" can be used the sentence in question?
Question: put a relative adverb in the blank.
"She went to a festival, ( ) her sister almost found her."
I think the answer is "where," but I wonder if "when" is possible and make any sense.
I saw an example like "I got home, when it began to rain." Does this mean "when" can be used the sentence in question?
"She went to a festival, ( ) her sister almost found her."
I think the answer is "where," but I wonder if "when" is possible and make any sense.
I saw an example like "I got home, when it began to rain." Does this mean "when" can be used the sentence in question?
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Yes, the word "when" can also be used in that sentence and it would be grammaticallly correct and make sense.
By using "when" in that sentence, you would say, that she went to a festival the moment her sister almost found her. You'd say that her sister almost finding her was the reason she went to a festival.
So yes, "when" can be used in that sentence but it changes the meaning.
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