The phrase "a different path when" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a change in direction or approach at a specific time or under certain conditions.
Example: "We decided to take a different path when we realized our initial strategy was not yielding the desired results."
Alternatives: "an alternative route when" or "a new direction when".
THOMAS G. O 'HAGANOn a Different Path When Thomas G. O'Hagan was 7, he tried to stamp out a fire in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, but his pants caught fire.
I managed to get on a different path when I obtained access to safe and stable housing, education, and social support.
Evolution is likely to take a different path when the strategies as well as payoffs remain hidden from the players most of the time.
My life changed and took me down an entirely different path when I saw Daft Punk at Vegoose, a short-lived festival in Las Vegas.
So then he actually backs up, goes down a notch to set out on a different path and when he steps down it is unbearable, the suspense.
From a Bayesian estimation perspective, it should be stressed that the simple movement model does not very accurately model the likelihoods of a person following different paths when comparing constrained and unconstrained starting points.
BERLIN — Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said in Berlin on Thursday that the United States and Europe were in "broad agreement" on the need for stricter market regulation but stressed that they would take different paths when necessary.
It is ostensibly a love story – the tale of childhood sweethearts at school in Nigeria whose lives take different paths when they seek their fortunes in America and England – but it is also a brilliant dissection of modern attitudes to race, spanning three continents and touching on issues of identity, loss and loneliness.
We learn that some human bodies naturally float while others sink, but that any body will sink for good if 12 extra pounds is added to its person; and that right-footed and left-footed sneakers track radically yet predictably different paths when they hit the same patch of sea.
Uber previously partnered up with rival Hailo in London to help get past regulatory hurdles, but the companies took two very different paths when they entered the Toronto market.
We've always had a different path," he said when describing why Namely is different from Zenefits.
