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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
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001.The market is crowded during the day. 02br
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002.The market is crowded throughout the day. 02br
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00Are both the sentences correct? 02br
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00What is difference between "during" and "throughout". 02br
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0 Uh-huh, they are, H. The second seems to be a bit more emphatic. 0-

  • 0 Uh-huh, they are, H.
  • The second seems to be a bit more emphatic.
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0 Uh-huh, they are, H. The second seems to be a bit more emphatic. 0-
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0 what is difference between "during" and "throughout" 0-
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0 I would also suggest that 'throughout' suggest from beggining to end (i.e throughout the whole day), whereas during is not duration specific and could be 'at some point during the day'.......lunchtime perhaps? 0-
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0 Sorry, I should have said though that I agree that both sentences are gramatically correct! 0-
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0 Re: 1.The market is crowded during the day. 02br
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00This usually means that the market is "crowded during the DAYTIME" ( i.e. from early morning to sunset) 02br
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00Re: 2.The market is crowded throughout the day. 02br
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00This means that the market is "crowded all 24 HOURS of the day" 02br
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00This i
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0 Hello 02br
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00I take two sentences are almost the same in the meaning. 02br
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00To me, "during ~" seems a word rather ambiguous than "throughout ~". It could mean "in time of ~" as w
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0 To my mind, there's a difference in context and emphasis: 02br
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001. "I was thinking of going to the market today. Is 3 o'clock a good time to go?" 02br
00"3 o'clock? I'd go this evening, if I were you. The market is crowded during the day." 02br
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002. "I was thinking of going to the market today. Is 3 o'clock a good time to go?" 0

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