- At on (the) weekend (s) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Whereas "at 9 o'clock" implies starting at 9, but continuing for an flexible length of time; similarly "at Christmas" implies starting at some point during the Christmas period, not necessarily "on Christmas Day"; "at the weekend" implies some point during the weekend which could either be Saturday or Sunday or both
- Weekend vs weekends - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
@FumbleFingers But if the boss says he needs it by Monday morning, you might say "It's ok, I'll do it at the weekend" (Or you could say "I'll do it over the weekend ) An American would in all likelihood say "Ok, I'll do it on the weekend" "I work weekends" is used in a different context - I would suggest –
- Difference between at this weekend and this weekend
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
- Preposition: . . . lt;at, in, on gt; the weekend? | WordReference Forums
On the weekend does not necessarily refer to any particular weekend, in the same way that "this weekend" would, although you can use "On weekends, I wash the car", or "On the weekend, I wash the car" for a more generalised
- Weekend or week-end: hyphen or not? | WordReference Forums
The adjectival or attributive version is generally weekend - weekend bag, weekend sailor "Something for the weekend," is always so There are no examples of week-end, or weekend being used to mean the end of the week Edit: Correction, there is one example for definition 1 c "The end (i e the last day) of the week; Saturday dial "
- by the end of the week vs. by the weekend - WordReference Forums
Saying 'by the weekend' takes me to any point in the period of time saturday-sunday (probably from friday afternoon) because I'm a student As a student my week is made up of 5 days, from monday to friday, so the end of the week for me is friday, when my last class at school actually finishes
- This weekend vs Next weekend [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
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 However, the issue gets more complicated if you look to other definitions
- using phrase weekend of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
So technically part of a weekend starts at the beginning and another weekend starts at the end of the week So when someone says, for example, the weekend of the 24th (the 24th being a Monday) they are not using good grammar or reference The 24th doesn’t fall on a weekend day therefor there is NO “weekend of the 24th
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