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Myid Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

During vs while

(A)We stayed one night in this hotel while visiting Paris.
(B) We stayed one night in this hotel during visiting Paris.

I understand the sentence (B) is considered as incorrect.
I also know "during" is followed by a noun and "while" is by a clause.
But in case of (B), if "visiting" is a gerund acting as a noun, why is it incorrect?
In addition, how about the following examples?
Is it incorrect either?

We stayed one night in this hotel during the visiting of Paris.
  

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myid (A)We stayed one night in this hotel while visiting Paris. (B) We stayed one night in this hotel during visiting Paris. I understand the sentence (B) is considered as incorrect.

— KateJS

  • myid (A)We stayed one night in this hotel while visiting Paris.
  • (B) We stayed one night in this hotel during visiting Paris.
  • I understand the sentence (B) is considered as incorrect.
  • I also know "during" is followed by a noun and "while" is by a clause.
  • But in case of (B), if "visiting" is a gerund acting as a noun, why is it incorrect?
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myid(A)We stayed one night in this hotel while visiting Paris.
(B) We stayed one night in this hotel during visiting Paris.

I understand the sentence (B) is considered as incorrect.

I also know "during" is followed by a noun and "while" is by a clause.
But in case of (B), if "visiting" is a gerund acting as a noun, why is it incorrect? Althoug
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KateJS Although a gerund acts like a noun, it isn't actually a noun. I guess 'during' is just very fussy
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