Timeline for Does "at the same time" refer only to chronological time and never to logical sequence?
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| Sep 13, 2016 at 17:42 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/775751437703864320 | ||
| Sep 13, 2016 at 16:57 | vote | accept | Serguei | ||
| Sep 13, 2016 at 15:58 | history | edited | Alan Carmack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2016 at 15:26 | comment | added | stangdon | Yes, it can mean literally "at the same moment", but that's not how I would interpret it in my example, because there's not one specific instant at which I like bubblegum-flavored ice cream; it's more of a stative thing. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 15:06 | answer | added | Ébe Isaac | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 14:48 | answer | added | MaxW | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 14:40 | history | edited | Serguei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2016 at 14:20 | history | edited | Serguei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2016 at 14:18 | comment | added | Serguei | But in your example "at the same time" seems to be used literally (not as "but also"): "I kind of like bubblegum-flavored ice cream, while at the same time---neither earlier, nor later---I kind of hate it too" | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 13:47 | comment | added | stangdon | "At the same time 20 years later" doesn't really make sense here. Yes, "at the same time" is sometimes used to mean "but also", as in "I kind of like bubblegum-flavored ice cream, while at the same time I kind of hate it too", but here it clashes badly with "20 years later" because it leaves the reader saying, "Was it at the same time, or was it 20 years later?" | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 12:47 | answer | added | LawrenceC | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 12:11 | history | asked | Serguei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |