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Posted: **Wed Nov 08, 2017 5:25 am**

This sentence was presented to me.

"The phone rang AS I got home."
"The phone rang WHEN I got home."

Is there any discernible difference between the two and if so any explanation would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

Posted: **Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:26 am**

Both possible, with minimal semantic difference in this case, although 'as' tends to suggest a more contemporaneous combination of events.

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