Aug 4, 2005 11:34
19 yrs ago
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English term
at which time
English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
"I left at 6 o'clock, at which time they were still arguing."
Is this sentence grammatically true? Because I feel the phrase "at which time" is not correct.
Is this sentence grammatically true? Because I feel the phrase "at which time" is not correct.
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| 5 +23 | It's fine! |
Richard Benham
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| 4 +1 | They were still arguing at 6 o'clock when I left. At 6 o'clock when I left they were still arguing |
liora (X)
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Richard Benham
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It's fine!
Here "which" is what's called a relative adjective. These are a little archaic, but OK in fixed expressions like this one.
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-08-04 11:42:23 GMT)
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Alternative formulations:
It was 6 o\'clock when I left, and they were still arguing.
When I left at 6 o\'clock, they were still arguing.
They were still arguing when I left at 6 o\'clock.
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-08-04 11:42:23 GMT)
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Alternative formulations:
It was 6 o\'clock when I left, and they were still arguing.
When I left at 6 o\'clock, they were still arguing.
They were still arguing when I left at 6 o\'clock.
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Jack Doughty
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sarahl (X)
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Cheers mate!
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liora (X)
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Ulrike Kraemer
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Cilian O'Tuama
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Thanks Cilian.
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Stefanie Sendelbach
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Sonia Geerlings
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Valentin Alupoaie
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NancyLynn
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flipendo
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Can Altinbay
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Java Cafe
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KNielsen
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jennifer newsome (X)
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Charlesp
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Johan Venter
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Lingo Pros
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Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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They were still arguing at 6 o'clock when I left. At 6 o'clock when I left they were still arguing
The others are also fine, I am just rephrasing.
I wonder if they have been arguing all day long (till 18.00) or all night long (till 06.00)
I wonder if they have been arguing all day long (till 18.00) or all night long (till 06.00)
Discussion
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I left at 6 o'clock, when they were still arguing. (is this true ?)
I left at 6 o'clock, at which time they were still arguing.