[Ads-l] While V-ing

[victor steinbok]

I've been spotting constructions similar to this one.

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X V1-s Y while [Y is] V2-ing

The bracketed part is, of course, omitted, which is what makes it odd for
me, as the expectation is of X as a referent, not Y. I suspect it's been
discussed before but I've been mostly out of the loop for a while. I've
been reading my mail only sporadically over the past year and a half.

Oh, and "while" could be something else.

VS-)

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