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Grammar and Linguistics > Just home from class and I have a burning question....IN ON AT
Just home from class and I have a burning question....IN ON AT
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Zora
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Shh... mustn �t tell anybody... abut me relations up there in them thar hills... 
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19 Feb 2009
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libertybelle
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I won �t tell and I won �t tell you married your first cousin either and are living in a trailer park! Oops - did I say too much??
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19 Feb 2009
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Zora
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Egads!! He �s only my second cousin... and it �s not a trailer park, it �s a facility for movable homes!
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19 Feb 2009
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douglas
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You two would enjoy my "What �s a Redneck?" power point, but unfortunately, I can �t post it because it is too large and I �m not sure about the real origin of some of the pictures. After living a year in Oklahoma I have exchanged using the term "okie" for "redneck" or "hillbilly" though.
Back to the topic: I think if you said "at the weekend" in the US people would laugh--we use "on the weekend".
You have me concerned now, I have been teaching in, at, on a lot the last couple weeks and and "on the weekend" is all I have taught--there hasn �t been any complaints/mistakes by my advanced students so I am surprised to hear they use "at the weekend" in GB. Most of my advanced students were taught Oxford English in school.
Douglas
I just realised that the worksheet I´ve been giving my students (thank you very much to the person who made it) was apparently contributed by someone out of the US. It´s a very useful worksheet, I use it all the time and it´s not mine, so here´s the link:
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20 Feb 2009
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cheezels
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Hey guys! Turn my back for a second and my thread turns into some sort of hoedown, you guys crack me up!!!!! 
Thanks Douglas for the link! I have downloaded it and it is very simple and clear.. will use it next week I think!
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20 Feb 2009
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Jayho
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Hiya Cheezels
Downunder, which is not that far from you, we typically say �on the weekend �. When we teach the primary school kids journal writing we start with �on the weekend ... �
I don �t think I �ve ever heard a New Zealander say �in the weekend �.
Cheers
Jayho |
20 Feb 2009
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zoemorosini
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Hello all:
IN the weekend--doesn �t exist at all.
AT the weekend--as far as I �m concerned, doesn �t exist, unless "weekend" is used as an adjective, such as "At the weekend meeting we discussed different kinds of doughnuts."
ON the weekend/on weekends--usually describes typical weekend activities.
DURING the weekend: flexible, can be used for typical weekend activities or future plans.
OVER the weekend: flexible, but is more often used for future plans or recent past actions.
Of course, I may just be full of it...it �s late and I�m getting a little punchy.
Your American friend,
zoemorosini |
21 Feb 2009
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Jayho
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Once again I think this demonstrates how language, despite what the grammar gurus such as Swan say, is continually evolving as well as different across cultures.
Downunder we would naturally use �on the weekend �, and this is what the kids are taught at school when they begin to write, but �at the weekend � is acceptable in some contexts. e.g. "when are you doing your homework?" "on the weekend" or "at the weekend" are both acceptable. "on the weekend" is by far more common and thus safer for ESL students to learn in an Australian context.
I guess, if you �re teaching EFL, it �s important to look at the model of language your country follows, American or British. We generally follow Standard British English but it is now quite clear from this blog that we have gone American in this instance - must be because of all the American TV we have.
Cheers
Jayho |
21 Feb 2009
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mendiv
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Zoe, I completely agree with you. I love your explanation!
As to the Brits, what about standing "on line" instead of "in line"?
Or, in reference to using the internet, do you say you are "on-line"?
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25 Feb 2009
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