Those uses are pretty interchangeable, but that’s not what I meant – I meant things like “when I was a child” vs “whenever I was a child”, or “when I was sick” vs “whenever I was sick” (talking about one specific instance of being ill).
Yeah but through context you can figure out what the original intent was. Imo that’s the main beauty of the English language. You can figure out three meaning purely through context most of the time.
Those uses are pretty interchangeable, but that’s not what I meant – I meant things like “when I was a child” vs “whenever I was a child”, or “when I was sick” vs “whenever I was sick” (talking about one specific instance of being ill).
Yeah but through context you can figure out what the original intent was. Imo that’s the main beauty of the English language. You can figure out three meaning purely through context most of the time.
Sure but I’m not saying it’s completely impossible to understand. We’re just talking about unusual language usage.
Fair enough