For example,
As Jerry and Ming argued about the many possible tile colors for the floor of the new ice-cream parlor, Maria was thinking about whether to paint the walls or wallpaper them.
Is the structure of this sentence correct?
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Perfectly normal structure.– WS2Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 7:18
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@ WS2: How about this one "As A was doing sth, B did sth." Any difference between the two structures?– atdCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 9:46
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Like As I was working hard the rest of them sat with their feet up? Fine.– WS2Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 10:20
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@ WS2: Exactly. Are these two structures the same or they might have semantic nuances?– atdCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 10:33
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Absolutely correct: substitute 'while' for 'as', and the meaning becomes clearer.
