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Grammar and Linguistics > Time Preposition (ON or IN)
Time Preposition (ON or IN)
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cemakyol
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Time Preposition (ON or IN)
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Hello My Dear friends,
We use � �on � � for days and dates. � �in � � for months and years
e.g : on Saturday - on 21st March, 2008
in December - in 2009
What about a month and a year together?
___ March 2008??
� �on � � or � �in � � and why??
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douglas
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In -- use the preposition for the most accurate one.
"In March" |
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cemakyol
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Dont we use �in � only for months?? � �In march � �
I have problems with Month+Year such as on/in December 2010?? Which one? |
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oldtunes
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We use in: in March 2010... |
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coyote.chus
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in with months and years (in May, in 1998, in June 2010)
on with days of the week and dates (on Tuesday) on June 23rd
at with times (at 6 o �clock) and in at Christmas, at Easter.
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Apodo
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What to use is decided by what comes first after the prepostion.
On the 26th March 2010 (26th is a Day)
On Tuesday the 19th August. (Day)
In June 2000 (Month)
In the spring of 2010, on a sunny afternoon, we went for a walk.
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