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'Where' and 'when' as a conjunction Hi, guys. I always appreciate your help. My question today is about 'where' and 'when.' I'm watching 60 minutes and I heard it says 'This is not euthanasia, when a doctor gives a patient a lethal injection.' I've been watching many people use 'where' as to explain further like that sentence. I wonder if there is any difference between 'where' and 'when' in that usage. Thanks, have a nice day!

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Often they can both be used, especially in spoken English. However, in this case 'when' is more ambiguous without more context. If the sentence was 'this is not euthanasia, where a doctor gives a patient a lethal injection', it clearly means that if a doctor gives a pateient a lethal injection, then that is euthanasia. With 'when', though, it probably means the same thing BUT it could also mean 'when a doctor gives a patient an injection, it is not euthanasia (completely the opposite). To clarify, we would need to know a little more of what was said before and after.

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