{"id":8964,"date":"2018-09-10T18:49:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T16:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=8964"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:26:24","slug":"for-during-and-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2018\/09\/for-during-and-while\/","title":{"rendered":"For, During, and While"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FOR AND DURING<\/h2>\n<p><strong>FOR + period of time<\/strong><br \/>\n* to talk about the duration of the action<\/p>\n<p>We watched the series\u00a0<strong>for six hours<\/strong> last weekend.<br \/>\nMartha is traveling <strong>for two weeks<\/strong> in December.<br \/>\nWe haven&#8217;t seen each other <strong>for ages<\/strong>!<br \/>\nAre you going to the beach <strong>for the weekend<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>DURING + noun<\/strong><br \/>\n* to say when the action occurs (<em>not how long<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>He fell asleep <strong>during <\/strong>his <strong>economics class<\/strong>.<br \/>\nI made some new friends <strong>during <\/strong>my <strong>holiday<\/strong> in Hawaii.<br \/>\nHis car is not here anymore. He must have left <strong>during the night<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* <em>never<\/em> use during to talk about duration<\/p>\n<p>Incorrect: She practiced <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">during a week<\/span> without stopping.<br \/>\nCorrect: She practiced <strong>for a week<\/strong> without stopping.<\/p>\n<p>Incorrect: I&#8217;ve been working for this company\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">during 15 years<\/span>.<br \/>\nCorrect: I&#8217;ve been working for this company <strong>for 15 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN and DURING<\/strong><br \/>\n* use in or during with time expressions such as the morning, the afternoon, the summer<\/p>\n<p>He must have left <strong>in the morning<\/strong>. (<em> = during the morning<\/em>)<br \/>\nShe&#8217;ll call you sometime <strong>during the afternoon<\/strong>. (<em> = in the afternoon<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h2>DURING AND WHILE<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\">\n<p><strong>during<\/strong> + noun<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She fell asleep <strong>during<\/strong> <em>the ceremony<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>They met a lot of potential clients <strong>during<\/strong> <em>the trade fair<\/em> in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Aldo felt sick <strong>during<\/strong> his <em>driving test<\/em>.<\/td>\n<td width=\"319\">\n<p><strong>while<\/strong> + subject + verb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She fell asleep <strong>while<\/strong> <em>she was listening<\/em> to music.<\/p>\n<p>They met a lot of potential clients <strong>while<\/strong> <em>they were attending<\/em> the trade fair in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Aldo felt sick <strong>while<\/strong> <em>he was taking<\/em> his driving test.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR AND DURING FOR + period of time * to talk about the duration of the action We watched the series\u00a0for six hours last weekend. 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