Here are two sentences containing adverb clauses:

(1)  She raised three children while she was working two jobs.
(2)  She raised three children while she worked two jobs.

In sentence (1), we can make the adverb clause elliptical:  "She raised
three children while working two jobs."

Can somebody explain why the corresponding clause in (2) cannot be made
elliptical: *"She raised three children while worked two jobs"?

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