usage of "when"

[notatall123]

Teachers
Could you please to give answers to the following questions?
When I am going to say that "John found a wallet in the road during the time he was on his way to town." Which one of the following sentence can I use? If the both sentence are correct in grammar, is the problem in their emphasis?
1. When John was on gis way to town, he found a wallet in the road.
2. John was on his way to town when he hound a wallet in the road.
Thanks

[Barb_D]

Both are fine. The "during the time" is not natural though.

[charliedeut]

Hi,

If you wanted to stress the concept "during the time" in #1, I think you could also say "While John was on his way to town.."

Alternatively, you could simply state "On his way to town, John found a wallet in the road".

charliedeut