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Original sentence is this:

> Everyone at a meeting talked for 5 minutes at a time

And I got confused because I want to put 「分間」 there but I'm not sure if it
works well with 「ずつ」 and vice versa. Also, I'm not sure if 「間」 actually has to
be there. I know that 「間」 means period of time, so I presume that it has a
place to be there but then again I'm not sure.

> みんなはミーティングで5分 **間** ずつ話しました。
>
> みんなはミーティングで5分ずつ話しました。

Is the 1st option ok, or can it work both ways?
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Can ずつ be used along with 間?
Both are grammatically correct.

I think ...分ずつ is way more common that ...分間ずつ though.

This idea is supported by a search on this corpus:
<http://www.kotonoha.gr.jp/shonagon/search_form>, where 「分ずつ」returns many more
results than「分間ずつ」.

I also feel like 話し **てい** ました might be more appropriate with 5分 **間** ずつ
because 分間 implies "over a period of time" in this context.
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