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PREPOSITIONS OF TIME: AT, IN, ON
We use:
*at for a PRECISE TIME
*in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
*on for DAYS and DATES
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at
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in
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on
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PRECISE TIME
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MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
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DAYS and DATES
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at 3 o'clock
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in May
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on Sunday
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at 10.30am
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in summer
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on Tuesdays
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at noon
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in the summer
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on 6 March
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at dinnertime
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in 1990
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on 25 Dec. 2010
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at bedtime
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in the 1990s
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on Christmas Day
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at sunrise
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in the next century
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on Independence Day
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at sunset
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in the Ice Age
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on my birthday
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at the moment
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in the past/future
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on New Year's Eve
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Examples:
*I have a meeting at 9am.
*The
shop closes at midnight.
*Jane went home at lunchtime.
*In England, it often snows in
December.
*Do you think we will go to Jupiter in
the future?
*There should be a lot of progress in
the next century.
Notice
the use of the preposition of time at
in the following standard expressions:
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Expression
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Example
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at night
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The stars shine at night.
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at the weekend*
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I don't usually work at the weekend.
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at Christmas*/Easter
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I stay with my family at Christmas.
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at the same time
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We finished the test at the same time.
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at present
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He's not home at present. Try
later.
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Notice
the use of the prepositions of time in
and on in these common
expressions:
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in
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on
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in the morning
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on Tuesday morning
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in the mornings
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on Saturday mornings
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in the afternoon(s)
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on Sunday afternoons
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in the evening(s)
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on Monday evening
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When we say last, next, every, this we
do not also use at, in, on.
*I went to London last June. (not
in last June)
*He's coming back next Tuesday. (not
on next Tuesday)
*I go home every Easter. (not
at every Easter)
*We'll call you this evening. (not
in this evening)
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