once vs. when: are they interchangable?

Post by **James Trotta** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:46 pm

"When" sounds more natural to me. If we were to use once it might be more like "Once beijing has hosted...." However, if you were to say "Once Beijing hosts..." no one would look at you funny. It sounds OK.

ZeroIN · Post by **ZeroIN** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:12 pm

Both are fine, but I agree with James. "When" seems more natural. Also, "once" sounds "only when". The sentence seems to be telling me that only when Bejings hosts the olympics will the world find a city and country that has been transformed. Maybe that's just me.

alby · Post by **alby** » Fri May 05, 2006 5:37 pm

hello I am studying a B.A in E.LT. so have many doubs about my english grammar, somebody can tell me!
how to diagram sentences?