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    This document discusses the use of prepositions of time - at, on, and in. It provides examples of when to use each preposition for specific times, dates, months, years, holidays, and lengths of time. For instance, at is used for specific hours or midnight/midday, on is used for specific days or dates, and in is used for specific months, years, seasons, centuries, or lengths of time. The document also notes that both at and on can be used for weekends in British and American English respectively.

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    AT - ON - IN - Prepositions of TimeEnglish Grammar Rules

    AT
    We use AT with specific times (hour / minutes):
     I get up at 7 o'clock.
     My English class starts at 10am.
     She finishes work at 6.15
     I left the party at midnight.

    Midnight (and midday) is a specific hour which is why we use AT.
    12am = midnight
    12pm = midday / noon
    We use AT for a holiday period of two or more days:
     Do you normally get together with your relatives at Christmas?
     Did you eat a lot of chocolate at Easter?

    ON
    We use ON for specific days and dates:
     I will return it to you on Wednesday.
     They got married on Friday the 13th.
     We get paid on the 20th of every month.
     I drank too much milk on New Year's eve.
    Remember that for dates, we use ordinal numbers.
    E.g. the First of September (not the one of September)

    IN
    We use IN for specific months, years, seasons, centuries and lengths of time.
     My birthday is in January. (I don't mention the date, just the month)
     My grandmother was born in 1927.
     The river near my house is dry in Summer.
     The company was founded in the 19th century.
     We need to have this report ready in 15 minutes.
    Compare:
    The New Zealand National day is in February.
    (I don't mention the day - only the month)
    The New Zealand National day is on February 6th
    (I mention the day - the order is not important)

    The Weekend
    Sometimes you will hear AT the weekend and sometimes ON the weekend.
    They are both correct. ON the weekend is used in United States.
     Where did you go on the weekend? (American English)
     Where did you go at the weekend? (British English)

    We don't use Prepositions


    Remember! We do not use at, on, in or the with the following expressions:
     Today, tomorrow, yesterday, this morning, tonight, last, next, every.

    vocabs:-
    1. come to blows- to have a physical fight or a serious argument with someone.
    2.fulminate- to criticize strongly.
    3.strut - to walk in a proud way trying to look important
    4.penitent (adjv)- showing that you are sorry for something you have done because you feel it was
    wrong.(penince)
    5.rue- to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened. (vrb & advrb)

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