I do know that"when" can work as a preposition. Yet, is it correct to say"When meeting Tom,I was walking home".
Can "When" work as a prepostion or be part of an abridged adverbial phrase with all tenses?
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Hi, Wael Shaltoot,
@Wael Shaltoot posted:I do know that"when" can work as a preposition.
No, "when" is always a conjunction.
@Wael Shaltoot posted:Is it correct to say"When meeting Tom,I was walking home".
No, that is not correct. You could say:
- When walking home, I met Tom. (I strongly prefer "while" in this case)
@Wael Shaltoot posted:Can "When" work as a prepostion or be part of an abridged adverbial phrase with all tenses?
"when" can introduce abridged adverbial clauses, usually — if not always — when the verb be forms part of the full verb.
- When/While (I was) walking home, I met Tom.
@Gustavo, Co-Moderator posted:No, "when" is always a conjunction.
No, that is not correct. You could say:
- When walking home, I met Tom. (I strongly prefer "while" in this case)
"when" can introduce abridged adverbial clauses, usually — if not always — when the verb be forms part of the full verb.
- When/While (I was) walking home, I met Tom
When walking home, I met Tom.
What do we call "When" here?
How does it work?
I edited your question above because it was a mess.
As I said, "when" is a conjunction in the sentence above.