[Grammar] In the mean time and meanwhile

[noppanit]

Are they different? if so, could you please tell me how to use them correctly.

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[bhaisahab]

Are they different? if so, could you please tell me how to use them correctly.

Thanks

They mean the same.

 

[noppanit]

Thanks for the fast reply. So I can use them interchangeably?

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[crazYgeeK]

Thanks for the fast reply. So I can use them interchangeably?

Thanks

Haha, you may not understand what "the same" is !

but I think "the mean time" should be "the meantime" !
Could any teacher please tell me if we can use "the mean time" as a correct phrase ? If so, can we use "the mean while" as well as "the meanwhile" ?

Thank you so much !

 

[bhaisahab]

Are they different? if so, could you please tell me how to use them correctly.

Thanks

Sorry, I should have pointed out that "meantime" is one word.

 

[Rover_KE]

GMT is the abbreviation for Greenwich Mean Time.

But that's got nothing to with this thread.

Rover

 

[engee30]

GMT is the abbreviation for Greenwich Mean Time.

But that's got nothing to with this thread.

Rover

Maybe not, but what does Mean stand for in that phrase then?
:?:

 

[bhaisahab]

Maybe not, but what does Mean stand for in that phrase then?
:?:

It stands for a point which is between/in the middle of two extremes.