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Time prepositions
What is the preposition "On" used with? |
"On" is used with days:
•I will see you "on" Monday. •The week begins "on" Sunday. |
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What is the preposition "At" used with? |
At is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day:
•My plane leaves At noon. •The movie starts At 6 p.m. |
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What is the preposition "In" used with, in a time expression? |
"In" is used with:
parts of the day months years seasons: •He likes to read "In" the afternoon. •The days are long "In" August. •The book was published "In" 1999. •The flowers will bloom "in" spring. |
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What prepositions are used to express length of time / extended time? |
To express extended time, English uses the following prepositions:
since, for, by from—to, from-until, during,(with)in |
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"Since" - continuously from or counting from |
•It has been warm SINCE noon.
•She has been gone SINCE yesterday. (She left yesterday and has not returned.) |
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"for" - to express length of time |
•I'm going to Paris "for" two weeks. (I will spend two weeks there.)
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"from........ to " |
•The movie showed from August to October. (Beginning in August and ending in October.)
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"from....until" |
•The decorations were up "from spring until fall." (Beginning in spring and ending in fall.)
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"during" - a point within a time frame |
•I watch TV "during the evening." (For some period of time in the evening.)
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"Within" a period of time |
•We must finish the project "within a year". (No longer than a year.)
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