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And this is Happy English Podcast Episode seven sixty seven.
During four in and while, when we talk about time
and what happens with time, we can use during four
in and while. A lot of English learners get tripped
up on using these words, so let's spend some time
together going through them. First of all, during talks about
when something happens within a certain period of time, keep
in mind we use during followed by a noun like
an event or a time related word, and that's the
key point. The noun following during is usually some event, activity,
or situation that happens over time. You can say things
like during the night, during the meeting, during my vacation,
and during the summer, like during the meeting. We listen
to several presentations Central Park looks especially beautiful during the spring.
We can use both during and in when we talk
about something that happens within a certain period of time,
like during the meeting, a lot of people had questions,
or a lot of people had questions in the meeting,
I was so busy today in the afternoon, or I
was so busy today during the afternoon. The key difference
then between during and in is that you should use
during when you want to emphasize that you're talking about
the entire period of time. Like Jack was on vacation
during July during July. What a lucky guy to have
a whole month off. But if I said Jack was
on vacation in July, that tells us his vacation happened
sometime between July first and July first, but not necessarily
the entire month. On the other hand, four tells us
how long something lasts. During the meeting, Ben's presentation went
on for half an hour. I can't say the presentation
went on during half an hour. If you walk in
Central Park for an hour, you'll probably forget you're in
a big city. That's how beautiful it is. You can
walk for an hour, but you can't walk during an hour.
Next up, we have while, which tells us about two
actions happening at the same time. And the grammar here
is interesting. You can use while followed by a gerrand,
or while followed by a subject and a verb, like
you can say while working, I don't use my or
while I am working, I don't use my phone, and
please don't text while driving. In other words, don't text
while you are driving. It's also possible to use while
followed by some adjectives or noun phrases like while at work,
I don't use my phone. We can use this kind
of grammar because basically the subject and verb are removed.
While in Tokyo I plan to ask about opening a
bank account. While in Tokyo is short for while I
am in Tokyo and is a conversational way of speaking
while the company CEO Steve Jobs, helped Apple grow into
a successful company. Keep in mind the best way to
remember grammar like this and any other word or phrase
in English is to take that word or phrase, write
it in a sentence that's true for you or true
in your world, and then memorize your sentences and check
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