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Swim4life
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 Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:35 am Post subject: When/That |
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I got this sentence from "interview with Dave":
Honestly, not a day goes by when I don't think, "Wow! I'm really fortunate to be doing this."
And I got this sentence from a song:
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you.
Why do people use "when" in the first sentence, but "that" in the second sentence? both are okay? |
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:34 am Post subject: |
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You could put "that" into the first sentence instead of "when" and be right.
I think both are OK most of the time, but "that" is more commonly heard than "when."
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| Why do people use "when" in the first sentence, but "that" in the second sentence? both are okay? |
You can use either when or that. The only difference is you can omit that, as in Not a day goes by I don't think of you.
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