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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Prepositions for time
What are the differences between for/in/over/during the past 10 years?
Andrew
Andrew
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From a conversational perspective I think it goes like this; For the past 10 years... referring to the entire duration. In the past 10 years...
- From a conversational perspective I think it goes like this; For the past 10 years...
- referring to the entire duration.
- In the past 10 years...
- referring to particular points within the span.
- Over the past 10 years...
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From a conversational perspective I think it goes like this;
For the past 10 years... referring to the entire duration.
In the past 10 years... referring to particular points within the span.
Over the past 10 years... referring to occasional incidents within the span.
During the past 10 years... referring to things that have happened within the
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