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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Some prepositions

Could you kinldy explain to me the difference in the meaning between using this prepositions in the following sentence, pease?


Voytek is hoping to find a job in Vietnam for/on/in/during six months.


Maybe some of them are totally inproper for that sentence, no idea.

  

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Voytaszek Voytek is hoping to find a job in Vietnam for six months. = The job will be 6 months long. Voytaszek Voytek is hoping to find a job in Vietnam in six months.

  • Voytaszek Voytek is hoping to find a job in Vietnam for six months.
  • = The job will be 6 months long.
  • Voytaszek Voytek is hoping to find a job in Vietnam in six months.
  • = He will start looking for a job 6 months from now.
  • The other prepositions are inappropriate.
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VoytaszekVoytek is hoping to find a job in Vietnam for six months.

= The job will be 6 months long.

VoytaszekVoytek is hoping to find a job in Vietnam in six months.

= He will start looking for a job 6 months from now.

The other prepositions are inappropriate.

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