for/during

[navi]

Which is correct:
1-I am away from home for the holidays.
2-I am away from home during the holidays.
3-I am away from home for December.
4-I am away from home during December.

It is December now and our holidays are now.

[AintFoolin]

all are fine, although 'for' might be better to indicate that i am away at this very moment

'i am away during the holidays' could be talking about some future point in time that hasn't necessarily occurred yet

[Tdol]

It also depends on the length of the holiday- is it all or part of December?

[navi tasan]

Thanks Aintfoolin and Tdol.
The two sets were supposed to be independant, so the kength of the holiday is not really an issue.

[Tdol]

Ok.

[Reemy]

Dear
The four sentences are grammatically correct, I think there is a slight difference in their meanings concerning the use of "during, for":

Generally "during" is used to say when something happens; "for" answers the question "how long?" e.g. I stayed in London for a week.
In sentence #1 which is, "for" is not used to show a length of time, rather it is used to show that something is arranged to happen at a particular time.
In sentence #2 "during" gives the meaning of = all through a period of time.
The same explanation is applied to sentences #3 &4