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Please read the following sentence.When she hit the ball, she had no idea where it was going....If we change the start of the sentence to:She had no idea where the ball was going........What will the ending be?A: after she hit the ball.B: while hitting it.C: when she hit it.D: when the ball was hit.E: None of these.​

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The expert verified answer says it should be A.


I think it should be C.


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If the question is: does an adverbial clause change when we move it from the beginning to the end of the sentence?

The answer is, in this case, no. There is no need to change the conjunction.

Either A or C are ok in English.

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anonimo887She had no idea where the ball was going after she hit the ball.

The repetition of 'the ball' doesn't sound good regardless of the conjunction.

anonimo887She had no idea where the ball was going when she hit it.

Much better in my opinion.

I would have answered C.

anonimo887The expert verified answer says it should be A.

Hmm. Not so expert after all, eh?

anonimo887I think it should be C.

Well, at least you have me on your side. Emotion: big smile

anonimo887Is Brainly even reliable?

No idea. Never heard of it.

CJ

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Thanks. But what do you mean by in this case?

AlpheccaStarsThe answer is, in this case, no.

Is it possible in some cases? If yes? Can you cite some examples? Thanks in advance.

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Is it possible in some cases to change the conjunction? While changing the position of adverbial clause.?
anonimo887Is it possible in some cases to change the conjunction?

Sure.

Since I was late, I ran to the office.
I ran to the office because I was late.

Or the reverse:

Because I was late, I ran to the office.
I ran to the office since I was late.

There are a few cases where you can do that, but not many. It's not a feature of English that any of us think about much.

CJ

Yeah since and because is something that had already crossed my mind. I couldn't think of any other example either. ;-;
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Well, there's always before and after:

After attending a concert, they went out to dinner.
They attended a concert before going out to dinner.

You can switch finite clauses to non-finite clauses, or non-finite to finite, switch the order of the clauses, whatever strikes your fancy. I'm sure you can find other ways to change those sentences to illustrate the effects you want. Just when we least expect it, English turns out to be more versatile and malleable than we thought. Emotion: smile

CJ

Or :

They went out to dinner after attending a concert.


Before going out to dinner, they attended a concert.

CalifJim

After attending a concert, they went out to dinner.


They attended a concert before going out to dinner.


I got your drift? >:3

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