Sunday, May 26, 2019

prepositions - "For" or "during" the last 10 minutes?

I have some doubt if the phrases below are correct.



1) for the last 10 minutes



2) during the last 10 minutes




I suppose that 1) means that some process has been going on during a period of time,



e.g. Firefighters have been extinguishing fire for the last 10 minutes.



As for 2), I would say



There was no aircraft landing during the last 10 minutes.



meaning that "No aircraft landed within a period of 10 minutes before this moment".




Am I right?

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