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Vincent Teo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

During / On the journey

Do I say,

1 During / On the journey, they saw beautiful scenery.
2 The journey took an hour to reach the island.
  

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Vincent Teo 1 During / On the journey, they saw beautiful scenery. Both are correct. I would prefer "during", but that's a personal preference.

— Xerxes

  • Vincent Teo 1 During / On the journey, they saw beautiful scenery.
  • Both are correct.
  • I would prefer "during", but that's a personal preference.
  • Vincent Teo 2 The journey took an hour to reach the island.
  • This one is fine.
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Vincent Teo1 During / On the journey, they saw beautiful scenery.
Both are correct. I would prefer "during", but that's a personal preference.
Vincent Teo2 The journey took an hour to reach the island.
This one is fine.
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XerxesVincent Teo2 The journey took an hour to reach the island.This one is fine.
Actually, apologies, I have to take that back. The second sentence doesn't look all that fine.

Suggested alternatives:
The journey to the island took an hour.
It took an hour to reach the island.

Both are better than the original sentence.
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