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1. I would use 'on' because a weekend is two days (or more). 'At' is more particular, for a smaller place or shorter time, whereas on/in are used for longer durations or larger spaces. "Let's eat at an Italian restaurant at 9pm" against "Let's eat in downtown on Friday". Going by this logic, 'on' should be used.
Nov 28, 2018 · When we use time adverbs with 'this' /this week, this year, this month, etc./, no preposition is necessary. You can express the period 'on Saturday and Sunday' with 'at the weekend' /British English/ or 'on the weekend /American English/.
Aug 16, 2012 · A week begins on a Monday and ends on a Sunday. That is why Sat and Sun are collectively known as the "weekEND". So, for a week beginning on the 24th of a month: (1) 24th would be a Monday. The 29th and the 30th would be the "weekend". (2) The dates from 24 through 30 comprise the "week of the 24th".
Oct 21, 2015 · I will do my work over the weekend. I will do my work during the weekend. Neither "in the weekend" nor "at the weekend" sound correct. "On the weekend" sounds OK, more so if you're talking about multiple weekends. I do my work on weekends.
May 19, 2021 · 13 1 3. 5. At least in British English, at the weekend can mean 'at weekends in general' as well as 'this coming weekend'. – Kate Bunting. May 19, 2021 at 9:30. Checking Google ngrams to try to gauge idiomaticity is considered basic research on ELU. – Edwin Ashworth. May 19, 2021 at 10:21. Add a comment.
Nov 18, 2012 · The latter two sentences have slightly different meanings. "It's the weekend" is an announcement about the date, as in: "Today is Tuesday. Do you know what that means?" "It's a weekend" is the answer to a question about the part of the week two particular days are, as in: "This flyer says that the convention's on March 16-17, 2013.
The meeting was this weekend. The meeting was this coming weekend. The meeting was this past weekend. In the first case, I'd think that means that the meeting happened over the weekend that just passed, but it might instead mean that the meeting was scheduled to happen a few days in the future, but was cancelled or moved.
Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence. Following this definition, "next weekend" will always mean the weekend with the start date in closes proximity in time. If the phrase is used during a weekend, of course, you'd be referring to the weekend following the one you are currently experiencing.
The answer is “this weekend”, as in “I will see her this weekend.”. Depending on which weekend you mean, you could also say “next weekend”, which is the weekend following “this weekend”. “On the weekend” is sometimes used, but sounds odd to me. “During the weekend” would only be applicable if you were clarifying that you ...
May 7, 2012 · For the weekend could mean most of the weekend and possibly the entire weekend, and over the weekend explicitly means the whole weekend — in this context. As @JeffSahol points out, in other contexts (e.g., I'll fix that over the weekend) it just means that by the time the weekend is over it will have happened.
