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1. We are on vacation during July.
2. We are on vacation in July.
3. The sea was warm during the summer.
4. The sea was warm in the summer.
What is the difference between during and in in the above sentences?
Thanks for your help.
The followings are quoted from:
During / In: duration vs. exact time
DURING - EMPHASIS ON ACTIVITY DURATION
During expresses a period or range of time (also, "over", from X to Y, "throughout").
IN -EMPHASIS ON EXACTLY WHEN
Inspecifies an exact "calendar" time, which may be as small as a momentor as large as a century
Do you think we need not to distinguish the said differences?
I have to say that 1 and 2 seem different to me. For #1 the vacation lasts the entire month. For #2 we can only know the vacation takes place at some time in July.