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Oct 20, 2010 · On Friday. We use "in" with times of day, always with "the". In the evening. When we say " (preposition) Friday evening", the preposition we need is "on" because the main noun here is Friday, not evening. We can think of the noun "evening" as acting like an adjective, post-modifying "Friday". Another way of thinking about this is to consider ...
Dec 4, 2009 · England (aged 79) UK English. Dec 5, 2009. #4. If you say "by", the words "at the latest" are completely unnecessary. In other words, You must submit the report by Friday" means no later than Friday. Corresponds to the Russian preposition k. Many people (perhaps carelessly) say "on Friday at the latest", which means "on Friday, if not before ...
Mar 11, 2011 · It would really depend on your intonation. If you mean, "on the afternoons of Monday, Wednesday and Friday," then you would not put very much of a pause between the names of the days. "Monday-Wednesday-and Friday afternoons" would be said quickly. If you mean "all day Monday, all day Wednesday, and afternoon on Friday," then you would place a ...
Aug 26, 2021 · The Newt said: In British English "on Friday week" means "a week from Friday," so d) is correct. It's not used in the US. It is used in the US. Growing up in Alabama, many teachers used this phrase as well as my parents. It’s commonly used in middle class educated circles by people over the age of 55.
Aug 28, 2017 · Aug 28, 2017. #5. No. This Saturday is ambiguous. It either means the Saturday that just passed (for instance, if said on a Monday), or the Saturday that is coming at the end of the present week. In order to eliminate the ambiguity, we can say "this coming Saturday" to mean the nearest Saturday in the future, or "this past Saturday" to mean the ...
Feb 28, 2016 · to convey one meaning or the other one. So, is there any difference in meaning between these two sentences: - I go to the gym on Friday morning. - I go to the gym on Friday mornings. Maybe using the 's' is a way of making even more clear that we are talking about a routine action/ fact. This is my best guess.
Jun 12, 2008 · English, USA. Jun 12, 2008. #4. It is mildly ambiguous. By Friday could mean any time on Friday. It will probably depend on context. Sometimes, the exact moment of the deadline is implied by the situation. In a classroom, an assignment due by Friday is due at the beginning of class. In other cases, by Friday implies before the end of the day on ...
Sep 23, 2021 · English (Midlands UK) Sep 23, 2021. #3. At is overwhelmingly preferred to either of the others. See Google Books Ngram Viewer and hit ENTER to display. However, if you delete Friday's, which is what that other thread did, then in/at a meeting are both pretty acceptable. Forget on, it's very rare.
Mar 31, 2016 · English, USA. Mar 31, 2016. #2. (Days of the week are always capitalized, so it's always Friday, not friday.) "By Friday" includes Friday. "Before Friday" does not. As for your three options, neither a) nor b) make a lot of sense. "By Friday" is pretty specific and essentially means "Friday at the latest", so a) is contradictory and b) is ...
May 27, 2012 · English-US. May 27, 2012. #2. Hello, Belinda20. Why do you think there's no subject in "Today is Friday"? "Today" is also a noun. Here's a similar example: Grass is a plant. In the same way that "grass" is the subject of that example, "today" is the subject of the sentence in your question. Of course, it's also fine to say "It is Friday today ...
