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Difference between prepositions in “…killed during/in the war”
What is the difference between “section” and “part”?Is it common to omit a preposition (in / on / of) before “the month (year / week /day) when they are used adjectively and adverbially?Difference between conjunctions and prepositionsdifference between progress ON and progress OFOver vs during - difference in whether it lasts up to the present?Prepositions related to the Internet and computersCan you say “in there”?Part with/from/awayWhat's the difference between “note” (noun), “notation” and “annotation”?Is it correct to say “under the war”
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I'm studying prepositions. In this part of speech, I'm confused between the use of 'in' and 'during':
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed during the war. (❌)
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed in the war. (✔)
How is the first one incorrect?
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I'm studying prepositions. In this part of speech, I'm confused between the use of 'in' and 'during':
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed during the war. (❌)
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed in the war. (✔)
How is the first one incorrect?
word-choice prepositions
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Good question! I'm thinking your book isn't telling the real story.
– tchrist♦
9 hours ago
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Barring additional context, the first sentence isn't incorrect. (Although it could mean that he was killed while lying in bed at home at the same time that other people fought in the war.)
– Jason Bassford
9 hours ago
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I'm studying prepositions. In this part of speech, I'm confused between the use of 'in' and 'during':
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed during the war. (❌)
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed in the war. (✔)
How is the first one incorrect?
word-choice prepositions
edited 53 mins ago
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asked 9 hours ago
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I'm studying prepositions. In this part of speech, I'm confused between the use of 'in' and 'during':
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed during the war. (❌)
Rani Laxmi Bai was killed in the war. (✔)
How is the first one incorrect?
word-choice prepositions
word-choice prepositions
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Good question! I'm thinking your book isn't telling the real story.
– tchrist♦
9 hours ago
4
Barring additional context, the first sentence isn't incorrect. (Although it could mean that he was killed while lying in bed at home at the same time that other people fought in the war.)
– Jason Bassford
9 hours ago
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1
Good question! I'm thinking your book isn't telling the real story.
– tchrist♦
9 hours ago
4
Barring additional context, the first sentence isn't incorrect. (Although it could mean that he was killed while lying in bed at home at the same time that other people fought in the war.)
– Jason Bassford
9 hours ago
1
1
Good question! I'm thinking your book isn't telling the real story.
– tchrist♦
9 hours ago
Good question! I'm thinking your book isn't telling the real story.
– tchrist♦
9 hours ago
4
4
Barring additional context, the first sentence isn't incorrect. (Although it could mean that he was killed while lying in bed at home at the same time that other people fought in the war.)
– Jason Bassford
9 hours ago
Barring additional context, the first sentence isn't incorrect. (Although it could mean that he was killed while lying in bed at home at the same time that other people fought in the war.)
– Jason Bassford
9 hours ago
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In some contexts in and during are interchangeable. But here, as Jason Bassford points out, in means more than just "during the time of": it implies that his death was in some way because of the war - he was fighting, or he was bombed, or perhaps he was executed as a spy.
During would here mean just "during the time of the war", and choosing it rather than in would imply, as Jason says, that his death was not connected with the war.
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No, I don't think it would necessarily imply it; it would leave the implication open, though, and there might be a Quantity Maxim convention that would invite it.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
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In some contexts in and during are interchangeable. But here, as Jason Bassford points out, in means more than just "during the time of": it implies that his death was in some way because of the war - he was fighting, or he was bombed, or perhaps he was executed as a spy.
During would here mean just "during the time of the war", and choosing it rather than in would imply, as Jason says, that his death was not connected with the war.
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No, I don't think it would necessarily imply it; it would leave the implication open, though, and there might be a Quantity Maxim convention that would invite it.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
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In some contexts in and during are interchangeable. But here, as Jason Bassford points out, in means more than just "during the time of": it implies that his death was in some way because of the war - he was fighting, or he was bombed, or perhaps he was executed as a spy.
During would here mean just "during the time of the war", and choosing it rather than in would imply, as Jason says, that his death was not connected with the war.
answered 9 hours ago
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No, I don't think it would necessarily imply it; it would leave the implication open, though, and there might be a Quantity Maxim convention that would invite it.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
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In some contexts in and during are interchangeable. But here, as Jason Bassford points out, in means more than just "during the time of": it implies that his death was in some way because of the war - he was fighting, or he was bombed, or perhaps he was executed as a spy.
During would here mean just "during the time of the war", and choosing it rather than in would imply, as Jason says, that his death was not connected with the war.
answered 9 hours ago
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In some contexts in and during are interchangeable. But here, as Jason Bassford points out, in means more than just "during the time of": it implies that his death was in some way because of the war - he was fighting, or he was bombed, or perhaps he was executed as a spy.
During would here mean just "during the time of the war", and choosing it rather than in would imply, as Jason says, that his death was not connected with the war.
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No, I don't think it would necessarily imply it; it would leave the implication open, though, and there might be a Quantity Maxim convention that would invite it.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
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No, I don't think it would necessarily imply it; it would leave the implication open, though, and there might be a Quantity Maxim convention that would invite it.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
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No, I don't think it would necessarily imply it; it would leave the implication open, though, and there might be a Quantity Maxim convention that would invite it.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
No, I don't think it would necessarily imply it; it would leave the implication open, though, and there might be a Quantity Maxim convention that would invite it.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
add a comment |
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Good question! I'm thinking your book isn't telling the real story.
– tchrist♦
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Barring additional context, the first sentence isn't incorrect. (Although it could mean that he was killed while lying in bed at home at the same time that other people fought in the war.)
– Jason Bassford
9 hours ago