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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The progressive form + during/for

Could you tell me which one is okay among the following sentences? Thank you.

1. He was dozing during the whole meeting of yesterday.
2. He was dozing during the whole meeting yesterday.
3. He was dozing for two hours yesterday.
4. He was dozing for two hours during the whole meeting.
  

Top answer

#2 and #3 are the OK ones.

— GPY

  • #2 and #3 are the OK ones.
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#2 and #3 are the OK ones.
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Could you tell me how I make #4 right if I'd like to express both of 'two hours' and 'meeting' in a single sentence? If the meeting is longer than two hours and he is douzing for two hours out of that time, how do I say it?
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lucas21cIf the meeting is longer than two hours and he is dozing for two hours out of that time, how do I say it?
You can say: He was dozing for two hours during the meeting.

But in my opinion that's still not good enough unless you say how long the meeting was.

He dozed (for) two hours of [a/the
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If the meeting is two hours long, can I say "He was dozing for two hours throughout the entire/whole meeting"?
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lucas21cIf the meeting is two hours long, can I say "He was dozing for two hours throughout the entire/whole meeting"?
Yes, but I think most people would say it differently.

He dozed through the whole two-hour meeting.

CJ
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