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yanogator

No, spinney, we wouldn �t use "the" here. Either "a", meaning we aren �t specifying which Thursday, or no article, which would then be referring to last Thursday.

Bruce

12 Jul 2011

spinney

@yanogator. With respect I beg to differ. If we were to refer to a particular Thursday that was either mentioned before or to emphasize that it wasn �t on a Friday morning that was also included in the conversation in some way. e.g. "Last week we went to France. We left on the Thursday and arrived on the Friday." Although it is more common to omit the article it is correct in the context of reference to that particular week. Mind you, I read the sentence wrong and it said "a Thursday" not "the Thursday." So I screwed up anyway!

12 Jul 2011

douglas

This could be a UK-USA thing, but I �m with Yano on this one.

I would NOT say:

"Last week we went to France. We left on the Thursday and arrived on the Friday."

I would say:

"Last week we went to France. We left on Thursday and arrived on Friday."

For me, "the" would only come into play when I spoke of "the Thursday before Christmas" for example.

For the original question: "on a Thursday morning" is correct ("on Thursday" if you mean last Thursday).

Douglas

12 Jul 2011

spinney

Looks like the Boston tea party all over. LOL

It could be one of those little differences but more honestly it just sounds OK to me although I swear we definitely say it in the UK. It �s used in a similar way to the example you gave with reference to a particular day (such as Christmas or the Thursday before). Having said all this, I think I might trawl through this site for some American/Brit differences. I don �t know who it confuses more, me or the students! Ermm

12 Jul 2011

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