English in a Minute: how to use the word 'during'

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  BBC learning English during is a preposition.

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  It means throughout a particular period of time.

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  It's commonly used with time words like the morning, the day, and the night.

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  I work during the day, but my husband works during the night.

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  You mustn't use mobile phones during the test.

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  During can go at the beginning of a sentence or in the middle.

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  We go to the beach during the summer.

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  During the summer we go to the beach.

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  During is also used to mean sometime between the beginning and end of a period of time.

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  I lost my purse during the trip, but I don't know exactly where or when my phone rang during the meeting.

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