She ran out of the room when she saw me VS she ran out of the room as she saw me.

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Polyester

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The original sentence is "She ran out of the room when she saw me."

Can I change the words from "when" to "as"?

There are same meaning here?
 

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I am not a teacher.

'As' would be understood but, for me, it is closer to 'while' than it is to 'when'.
 

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Im using when ,but it's wrong?
 

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"When" is much better than "as." "As" indicates some sort of continuing "seeing," when what really happened is that she saw you and at that point in time, she ran out.
 
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