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Old 04-Jun-2005, 14:15
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Hello, teachers!!! I have just joined this forum.

I have long wanted to understand the difference between "in" and "during".

What are the differences between two sentrences below or which is proper English?

I went to Saipan in the last summer vacation.
I went to Saipan during the last summer vacation.

Thank you very much in advance.
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Old 04-Jun-2005, 16:32
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Originally Posted by reiyumoa
Hello, teachers!!! I have just joined this forum.

I have long wanted to understand the difference between "in" and "during".

What are the differences between two sentrences below or which is proper English?

I went to Saipan in the last summer vacation.
I went to Saipan during the last summer vacation.

Thank you very much in advance.

The first sentence is incorrect. The second one is proper English.
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Old 05-Jun-2005, 08:09
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The first sentence is incorrect. The second one is proper English.
Why is it incorrrect?

What did you do in your summer vacation?
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Old 05-Jun-2005, 12:47
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Default Re: During & In

Thank you for your answers.
I however want to know the reason.

Maybe, "during" is used for a part of a certain length of period.
The sample sentence I typed describes something that already
happened in a part of the summer vacation. Is this the reason
that we should use "during", not "in".

About "What did you do in your summer vacation?" ,
the person who asks this does not know what he or she did.

Am I right to guess therefore the sentence " Did you go
to Saipan in your summer vacation?" being incorrect?

I am sorry, but I have started to be confused while I was typing.
Please help me understand more!!!
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Old 05-Jun-2005, 16:03
M56
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Originally Posted by reiyumoa
Thank you for your answers.
I however want to know the reason.

Maybe, "during" is used for a part of a certain length of period.
The sample sentence I typed describes something that already
happened in a part of the summer vacation. Is this the reason
that we should use "during", not "in".

About "What did you do in your summer vacation?" ,
the person who asks this does not know what he or she did.

Am I right to guess therefore the sentence " Did you go
to Saipan in your summer vacation?" being incorrect?

I am sorry, but I have started to be confused while I was typing.
Please help me understand more!!!
It's very simple really. "During" has two meanings".

PREPOSITION: 1. Throughout the course or duration of: suffered food shortages during the war. 2. At some time in: was born during a blizzard.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/24/D0432400.html

So we can say:


"I went to Saipan during the last summer vacation.", to mean that I went throughout (the whole period of) my summer vacation.

And we can say:

I went to Saipan in the last summer vacation.
I went to Saipan during the last summer vacation.

Both mean "at some time in that period I was in Saipian".


'Hope that's clear.
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Old 06-Jun-2005, 12:42
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I'm sure I have understood them properly.
Thank you very much.
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Old 06-Jun-2005, 17:46
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I'm sure I have understood them properly.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome.
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