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Commonly Confused Words in English: DURING & WHILE
We say “During the lesson…” but “While I was studying…” Find out why in this English lesson.
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I don’t understand why in sentence “Every night, Jason fall asleep ___watching television” the answer is while because I think in this case “watching television” is a noun.
please! explain to me
I will try to solve your doubt, I am not 100% sure, so If I am wrong sorry, but in that case, watching television -> “watching” is the act of to watch television, so it’s a verb. A noun is a Person, Place or Thing.Only television is the noun.
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Rebecca,
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I would like to know the difference between while and whereas.
Thank you
I thought the samething that you, I just was confuse about this question. television is the noun. but don’t worry about, always we learn more. thank’s for engvid.
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I would like that you write while you explain.
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Hector.
Will try and do that. Thanks.
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Very nice lesson, just a question,
on the fourth quiz question , I put
“During” the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
And on the score said that I was wrong, but Isn’t cake a noun?
So why is that wrong? Maybe because it was the beggining of the sentence…
Thanks
Dear Marco,
I think I can help you out. And to Rebecca, thanks for making these videos.
It really helps to know the parts of speech when trying to understand English. During is a preposition; that’s why nouns are usually following. While on the other hand is usually a conjunction. So what do you do if you find yourself unsure of which word to use? Plug in the definition and see if the sentence still makes sense. Here are some definitions (from Marriam Webster’s online dictionary:
During – Prepostion – throughout the duration of
While – Conjunction – during the time that
Now to use your example
During/While the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
So plug in the definitions and see which one makes better sense…
1. Throughout the duration of the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
or
2. During the time that the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
Which one makes more sense? To me, “duration of the cake,” seems a little odd but “during the time that the cake was baking,” while long, still makes sense. Since this is the definition of “while,” “while” would be the better word to use here.
While not 100% foolproof, the technique can help you out most of the time.
Bill Ralens
Thanks, Bill, for your detailed explanation.
what do you mean by Marriam Webster’s online dictionary ?
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Will keep that in mind. Thanks.
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Hi Rebecca,
thank you for your effort on teaching English (and to the rest of the team as well)! It helps me a lot to kind of proceed my knowledge about the English language. One question about this video is remaining: I’ve heard about ‘whilst’ in some cases. So how can I use this in a proper way?
“Whilst” is not used very often anymore, but in essence it is used in the same way as the word “while”.
He knocked on the door whilst I was cooking.
Whilst cleaning, look out for my keys. I can’t find them.
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Mam, you teach very comprehensively. I have little confusion in using of could have and would have. Could you please guide me. Regards
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thanks a lot first i have on quation is while is look like same meaning of when is i m right on no thanks again
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while + ver + ing, all the time you said (or i heard) ing after while..could you explain..tks
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Dear Rebecca,
I’m a little confused by the sentence “WHILE the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.”
In your video you gave us the following rule:
“While+verb” and “During +noun” but this sentence doesn’t follow the rule.
Please explain it.
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During my duty
or
while my duty
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I am a student studing in class viii and i was confused a lot with these two words:
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could you learn us about what is the different between while and when we use them in the past tens and past continuous..thanks
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Hi Rebecca,
I had a confusion when i was attending the question number 4. You said in your lectures that “during” always followed by its noun and “while” will always followed by verb. But in question number 4, “while” is followed by the noun (the cake). I am confused. Please tell me the logic.
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You said DURING is followed by the noun and WHILE is followed by the gerund, but in the sentence” while the cake was baking” while is followed by the noun and not by the gerund , wby?
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please tell me which of the following sentences are correct
1. I knew you would do that job
2. I know you would do that job
3. I knew you will do that job
4. I know you will do that job
and please tell me how to handle similar situations.
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when do we usewhile and during?
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I have a question Ms. Rebecca.I’ve been practicing grammar quizzes through internet and i encountered this one which i got confused. Regarding this example:
He learned Chinese _____ his stay in HongKong.
during
while
My answer was During, but i remember what you said here that, WHile is always followed by a subject and a verb phrase. Now, can you please explain this example to me? Why During is the correct answer? Thank you and More power!!
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could you please help me
I don`t know exactly when I have to use (do,does and did) while I am using question word (what. who,…_
for example:
when did you finish your work?
what happened?
why sometimes we use (do, does and did) and sometimes we don`t…????
Thanks
Hi Rebecca,
Thanks for your explanations on the use of ‘during” and ‘while”.For you, both of them as Prepositions which are to be followed by nouns for ‘during’ and gerunds for “while”.
I have no doubt about ‘during’, but for ‘while’, in all the dictionaries I have checked, it is never stated to be a preposition, but only a noun and a conjuntion, which rightfully to be followed by a sentence turning it into an adverb cluase. But many regard it to be a preposition, thus accepting a gerund after it. So do all wrongs turn it into an accepted ‘right’ grammatically. I have been puzzled by this quite some time. How do you explain this ? Thanks
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____ the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
as you’ve said in the pass lesson that “during” is followed by noun and the “while” is verb.How come that a cake is a verb? cake is the noun subject am i right? and it must be preceded by during. please help me to understand the rules very clearly, hope you will show some examples that is so confusing just like this.
thaks!
Can you wait for me _____ I finish shopping?
Why while is the correct answer? can you please explain this to me, coz I’m confuse of the rule “during” is followed by noun and also the “while” is verb. In this Sentence “while” is followed by I and “I” is a pronoun. Is there a rule that “while” followed should follow a pronoun and not “during” plus a pronoun?
hope you understand this question and I’m to give me your response.
thank you very much!
Hi Ms. Rebecca!
I have a simple sentence about During and While and here it it.
I am busy during my work while Mario is dancing with my daughter.
Is it correct? if it is
question numero uno. while folloed by Mario which is a noun violated the rules that “while” should followed by a verb.
And if this is not correct,I mean the sentence if it is not correct, please show to me the appropriate one.
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_____ the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
How correct is this question? I came across WHILE attending the quiz.
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Would you explain ‘ the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes ‘
why should i use the While ??
the ” The cake ” is noun right??
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Could you explain me the differences between “say”,”speak”,”talk”? Thanks
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Please explain me the differences between “speak”, “say”, “talK”
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Hello, I wanted to ask you why in the forth question answer is While not during. This is this example:
_____ the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
thank you rebeca……
Thanks Rebecca, This simple rule is really helpful to me in understanding the use of While and During.
But at end of test. I am confused in below question.
Q: ______ the cake was baking.Diane washed the dishes.
I answered ‘During’ as the cake is noun. But the answer was wrong.
Can you please enlighten me on this.
Once again thank you very much for this lession.
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Rebecca, This simple rule is really helpful to me in understanding the use of While and During.
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Govind
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I like the way you present your lecture. Can you explain why we don’t we have to use preposition for ‘ school, home, music .’
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Hi Rebecca,
Following your lession, I did the quiz of this lession but I understood the sentene below was be wrong. You explaned that: after During is noun, and after While is Verb (ing)
1._____ the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
- During
- While
I chose “During” but my result was wrong.
I do not kmow how can I understand clearly.
I think my English is not good so I did not understand what did you explan it.
Many thanks,
Wet-cat,
thank you very much, I was confused about what’s the difference between while and during. Actually I can understad and that’s more clariry for me.
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