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Mark - 30 Oct 2003 06:14 GMT

I tried solving some questions.

10) _____ this prints the document I'll make a coffee
a) After c) Over
b) During d) While

Can't the answer be a?
I checked a since I thought d is better if the sentence is like "this is
printing the document"
I suppose both a and d are okay but not sure.

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Mike987 - 30 Oct 2003 08:27 GMT

>10) _____ this prints the document I'll make a coffee
> a) After c) Over
> b) During d) While
>
>Can't the answer be a?

No. Here we have two events. If you use "after" that would mean that
the print event happens first, then the making coffee event. You'd
need to use the present perfect form of "print" for this sort of
sequence. I.e. "after this has printed the document I'll make a
coffee". (d) is the only correct answer.

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Tomasz Dryjanski - 30 Oct 2003 12:18 GMT

> >10) _____ this prints the document I'll make a coffee
> > a) After c) Over
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> sequence. I.e. "after this has printed the document I'll make a
> coffee". (d) is the only correct answer.

Shouldn't it be "While this is printing" then?

T. D.

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Mike987 - 30 Oct 2003 18:40 GMT

>Shouldn't it be "While this is printing" then?

You could also say "While this is printing the document, I'll make a
coffee" - but that isn't one of the available answers :-)

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Mark - 30 Oct 2003 21:53 GMT

> >Shouldn't it be "While this is printing" then?
>
> You could also say "While this is printing the document, I'll make a
> coffee" - but that isn't one of the available answers :-)

Grammatically as well as from the context, "while this prints the document
I'll make a coffee" seems to be correct from some replies.
Then, how about colloquially? Americans don't say often like "after this
prints the document I'll make a coffee"
just out of curiosity, I wonder how differently they speak from the correct
grammar. It is plausible that they can use "after" at least in the
conversation not in the writing.

- Regards.

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