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Taka

#73683 Sun, 13 Feb 05 03:22 PM

I understand 'when' deosn't work in:

In the movie when the boy kisses the girl

But I don't really understand why it doesn't in:

It's the time when I should take my medicine

Could you explain why not? Or did you mean that 'when' was simply redundant in the sentence?

Taka

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MrPedantic

#73701 Sun, 13 Feb 05 06:42 PM

I would say 'movie' and any other noun-in-time was 'when-able':

'The movie when first released was very popular.'

But not 'timelessness'. It has no 'when'.

We should also presumably exclude 'when = if'.

Or have I misunderstood the question?

MrP

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Mister Micawber

#73809 Mon, 14 Feb 05 09:55 AM

It works, but, according to some, not well, with time measures themselves

This evidently applies specifically to me, Taka, as I can find no stricture against it in my references. Perhaps just my personal idea of redundancy or poor style. Feel free to ignore it.

(By the way, the great 'eternity' example was Mr. Pedantic's, not mine.)