Renton suggests to Spud that they steal the money and run as Begbie & Sick Boy get drinks in.
Why "as" is used instead of "meanwhile"?
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See ell.stackexchange.com/q/73217/37009 .– P. E. Dant Reinstate MonicaSep 7, 2016 at 4:05
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You could say and meanwhile there instead of as. But and would be needed. See Lucian Sava's remarks about conjunctions at the answer pointed to by the link above.– TᴚoɯɐuoSep 7, 2016 at 10:48
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As and meanwhile are different grammatical objects: the former is a conjunction, while the latter is an adverb. In other words, they are not interchangeable in your sentence. Please notice that in your sentence, as could be changed for while (not meanwhile).
I should suggest if this is not the case yet that you get some theoretical knowledge about the difference between a conjunction and an adverb, for the construction of phrases may depend on those concepts.
