Renton suggests to Spud that they steal the money and run as Begbie & Sick Boy get drinks in.
Why "as" is used instead of "meanwhile"?
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Kirti
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See http://ell.stackexchange.com/q/73217/37009 . – P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica Sep 07 '16 at 04:05
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You could say and meanwhile there instead of as. But and would be needed. See Lucian Sava's remarks about conjunctions at the answer pointed to by the link above. – TimR Sep 07 '16 at 10:48
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As and meanwhile are different grammatical objects: the former is a conjunction, while the latter is an adverb. In other words, they are not interchangeable in your sentence. Please notice that in your sentence, as could be changed for while (not meanwhile).
I should suggest if this is not the case yet that you get some theoretical knowledge about the difference between a conjunction and an adverb, for the construction of phrases may depend on those concepts.
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