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at
clock times
‘The shops open at 9 o’clock.’ ‘Her flight is due in at 6.35.’
main points of time in the
day
at midnight/noon/dawn/lunch time, etc:
‘We usually open our presents at
midnight.’ ‘He turned up in my office at noon, expecting a free lunch.’
weekend
(British English)
at the weekend:
‘What are you doing at the weekend?’
at weekends:
‘I never do any work at weekends.’
BUT (American English)
on the weekend
the holiday period around
Christmas, Easter,
Hannukkah, Ramadan, ete
at Christmas, at Easter, at Hannukkah, at Ramadan:
‘We like to stay at home at
Christmas.’ ‘At Ramadan the roads tend to be very quiet.’
BUT
on Christmas Day, on Easter Sunday
phrases with
time
‘I’m afraid that at the present time we’re out of stock.’ ‘You’ve come at a bad
time.’
BUT note the idioms:
in time, on time, about time
Note
:
In, on, at, etc
are NOT used
before time phrases
beginning with
this
,
every
and
last/next
(= the
one that has just gone/is
about to come)
We can’t afford a holiday this year.’ ‘Where did you go last weekend?’ ‘My exams
finish next Tuesday afternoon.’
Note also that the is NOT used in these phrases.
Compare: ‘The meeting is to be held on the last Friday in April.’ In this sentence
last does not mean ‘the one that has just gone’.
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