DURING or FOR? Use them correctly in English #shorts
DURING or FOR? Use them correctly in English
What's wrong with this sentence?
• I sit in front of a screen during 8 hours a day.
The answer is the preposition "during". The correct sentence would be:
• I sit in front of a screen for 8 hours a day.
Today, we're looking at the difference between "during" and "for" and how to use them correctly when we're talking about time.
We use "during" plus a noun to talk about when something happened. Here are a few example sentences:
• Everybody fell asleep during the presentation. (Notice "the presentation," a thing, a noun.)
• We get so much rain here during the winter.
• Her phone kept ringing during the movie.
We use "for" with a period of time to talk about how long something goes on. For example:
• We waited at the coffee shop for 30 minutes. (Notice "for" with that period of time, 30 minutes.)
• She's been living in the city for a long time.
• They'll be on vacation for two weeks.
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I hope that helps. Thanks for watching. See you next time.
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