Accomplishments clash with durative for-adverbials (e.g., #he built a house for a year vs he built a house in a year). Consider the following acceptable usage of an accomplishment verb with a durative for-adverbial in (1). Say what process allows for the accomplishment verb to be accompanied by the durative foradverbial.
(1) [I] read a book for an hour instead of scrolling aimlessly. Enjoyed myself very much. - Josh Gondelman, Twitter (In bold font)

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Accomplishments clash with durative for-adverbials (e.g., #he built a house for a year vs he built a house in a year). Consider the following acceptable usage of an accomplishment verb with a durative for-adverbial in (1). Say what process allows for the accomplishment verb to be accompanied by the durative foradverbial. 
(1) [I] read a book for an hour instead of scrolling aimlessly. Enjoyed myself very much. - Josh Gondelman, Twitter (In bold font)

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