chetan86 wrote:Hi Experts,
I have a doubt regarding usage of WHEN.
I come across below SCs while solving OG Verbal Review 2.
OGVR2#45 : Under high pressure and intense heat, graphite, the most stable form of pure carbon, changes into the substance commonly referred to as diamond and remains thus even when the heat and pressure are removed.
OGVR2#50 : The bank holds $3 billion in loans that are seriously delinquent or in such trouble that it does not expect payments to be made when they are due.
OGVR2#76 : Under a provision of the Constitution that has never been applied, Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states.
OGVR2#80 : Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that it is present when it is not.
In MGMAT SC guide for the usage of WHEN it is mentioned that :
The pronoun when can be used to modify a noun event or time, such as period, age, 1987 or decade.
Can anyone please explain me how the usage of WHEN is correct in above sentences even though it is not modifying time.
A
when-clause can serve as an ADJECTIVE modifying a noun that refers to a period of time.
SC70 in the OG12:
an age when great ice sheets existed.
Here, the clause in red serves as an adjective modifying
an age, a noun that refers to a period of time.
A
when-clause can also serve as an ADVERB.
In this case, the
when-clause must express an action or state-of-being that takes place at the same TIME as the modified verb.
The bank expects payments to be made when they are due.
Here, the clause in red serves as an adverb modifying
to be made, indicating the TIME at which the payments ARE TO BE MADE.
Both usages are correct; both are related to TIME.
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