where shall I position "when"?

Kwfine · #1 (permalink) Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:28 am *where shall I position "when"?*

Hi,

Could you help explain any differences in these sentences:

1. When it was raining, we arrived.
2. It was raining when we arrived.
3. We arrived when it was raining.

I am muddled by them.
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Molly · #2 (permalink) Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:06 am *where shall I position "when"?*

They are very similar in meaning, but the first and third could be interpreted as "we chose to arrive when it was raining". A bit odd, right?

Kwfine · #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 13, 2008 17:31 pm *where shall I position "when"?*

Thanks for the help, Molly! :D
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Molly · #4 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:30 am *where shall I position "when"?*

No problem.

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