Let's remove the parenthetical matter for clarity:-Thunderbird 2 clipping Nelson's hat and spinning down a London avenue curiously free of vehicles and pulling into a parallel parking position (a la Top Gear Stig or Mr Incredible mobile home style), where only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic, might be hard to swallow, but as Smiv says was a bit of fun
The author has informed us that his intention was to contrast the different traffic conditions at two proximate locations, so knowing that, we are able to remove more irrelevant words and get to the matter at hand:-Thunderbird 2 clipping Nelson's hat and spinning down a London avenue curiously free of vehicles and pulling into a parallel parking position, where only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic, might be hard to swallow...
At issue is the use of the word "where" in the above quoted sentence....a London avenue curiously free of vehicles, where only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic...
Which word best expresses a simultaneity of spatial proximity and temporal coincidence as a contrast?
Option 1:
Option 2:Thunderbird 2 clipping Nelson's hat and spinning down a London avenue curiously free of vehicles and pulling into a parallel parking position, where only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic, might be hard to swallow...
Option 3:Thunderbird 2 clipping Nelson's hat and spinning down a London avenue curiously free of vehicles and pulling into a parallel parking position, when only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic, might be hard to swallow...
Option 4:Thunderbird 2 clipping Nelson's hat and spinning down a London avenue curiously free of vehicles and pulling into a parallel parking position, while only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic, might be hard to swallow...
Option 5:Thunderbird 2 clipping Nelson's hat and spinning down a London avenue curiously free of vehicles and pulling into a parallel parking position, whereas only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic, might be hard to swallow...
Which word best expresses a simultaneity of spatial proximity and temporal coincidence as a contrast?Thunderbird 2 clipping Nelson's hat and spinning down a London avenue curiously free of vehicles and pulling into a parallel parking position, whilst only a little way away Penelope and Parker were stuck in traffic, might be hard to swallow...
- where
- when
- while
- whereas
- another word, yet to be considered.
P.S. Lest there be any doubt, this post and poll are in no way intended to be facetious. I've been fascinated by the use of the W-words ever since I first learnt them in grade 1.
Addendum: added "whilst" as option.