During says when something happens For says how long it takes Compare My father was in hospital during the summer My father was in hospital for six weeks (not during six weeks) It’s rained during the night for two or three hours I’ll call in and see you for a few minutes during the afternoon
during and in
1. We use both during and in to say that something happens inside a particular period of time We’ll be on holiday during/in August I woke up during/in the night 2. We prefer during when we stress that we are talking about the whole of the period The shop’s closed during the whole of August [...]
For, during and while
For and during We use for + a period of time to say how long something goes on: for two hours / for a week / for ages We watched television for two hours last night. Diane is going away for a week in September. Where have you been? I’ve been waiting for ages. Are [...]
Although / though / even though, In spite of / despite
After although we use a subject + verb:’ Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday. I didn’t get the job although I had the necessary qualifications. Compare the meaning of although and because: We went out although it was raining. We didn’t go out because it was raining. After in spite of or [...]
List D
dependant or dependent? The adjective (meaning reliant) is always -ent. She is a widow with five DEPENDENT children. Iamabsolutely DEPENDENT on a pension. The noun (meaning someone who is dependent) has traditionally been spelt -ant. However, the American practice of writing either -ant or -ent for the noun has now spread here. Either spelling [...]
do and make
These words are very similar but there are some differneces 1. We use do when we do not say exactly what activity we are talking about- for example with something, nothing, anything, everything,what. Do something! I like doing nothing What shall we do? Then he did a very strange thing 2. We use do when [...]
Make and do
This unit deals with make and do, two verbs that many learners have problems with. If you remember that the basic meaning of make is about producing something and the basic meaning of do is about performing an action, then the collocations on this page may seem more logical. Make collocation example make arrangements for [...]
