A French national suggests that DURANT emphasizes the such and such occurs/occurred from the very beginning of the time interval to the very end, while PENDANT does not. This seems to be the difference between "I spent the entire week doing such and such" versus "I did such and such during the week."

If that it is the case, there may be value in adding that to the lesson. I have noticed BTW that DURANT appears in conversations much less that PENDANT, perhaps because of the nuance cited above.

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is 'Je préfère être en dehors' correct also?

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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Henri faisait une sieste quand son patron est entré.Puis-je également écrire Henri était en train de faire une sieste quand son patron est entré? Est-ce que c'est possible d'écrire cette phrase comme je l'ai fais? Peut-être ça veut-dire quelque chose d'autre. Je ne sais pas.

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Clare B.C1Kwiziq community member

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I lost marks more for the wrong word or phrase rather than the wrong grammer. Most of the grammar details for each section I had got right or nearly. I don't know if there is any way of helping us to know or guess the correct form of words.

It's all good practice though, so thanks.

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Stuart C.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can I use this construction with an infinitive as the "object" of the liking?I know how to use aimer + infinitive to express liking. J'aime manger! Par exemple. How about Manger me plait? Probably not, but just wondering.

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