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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

During which

The first understatement is made for the 'Ice Age': an extremely cold time during which living things could not survive.

Question) Does 'during which' come together?, and 'during' is not moved somewhere from the which clause?
  

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It is just like ' in/on/under /etc which '. an extremely cold time during which living things could not survive = an extremely cold time which living things could not survive during . That is the table under which I was hiding = That is the table which I was hiding under .

— Mister Micawber

  • It is just like ' in/on/under /etc which '.
  • an extremely cold time during which living things could not survive = an extremely cold time which living things could not survive during .
  • That is the table under which I was hiding = That is the table which I was hiding under .
  • However, please note that 'during' does not sit very well at the end, while 'under' is fine there.
  • Does that answer your question, moon?
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It is just like 'in/on/under/etc which'.

an extremely cold time during which living things could not survive = an extremely cold time which living things could not survive during.

That is the table under which I was hiding = That is the table which I was hiding under.

However, please note that 'duri
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Yeah, exactly!

That's the point I wanted to know.

I have thought during does not sit at the end of a sentence. So, I thought 'during which' is just one cluster.

Thank you very much.
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