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- 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 –
- 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
- word choice - On the weekend or during the weekend - English . . .
whereas Britons favour "at the weekend" Both nations also use over the weekend (for Americans, this is actually the most common form; for Brits, it's a close second) But for Brits, during the weekend is the least favoured of these top four prepositions (it's second-to-bottom for Americans, who really don't like at the weekend)
- On at for over the weekend in American English
On is slightly vague (possibly deliberately so) and would suggest some time during the weekend, or possibly the whole weekend 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
- This weekend vs Next weekend [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
The weekend would be the 6th 7th How do you refer properly to the coming weekend, "This weekend" or "Next weekend"? I believe that using "next weekend" would refer to the 13th 14th and "this weekend" would refer to this week's end Technically the coming weekend (6th 7th) would be the next weekend on the calendar So which is correct?
- 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
- grammar - at the weekend, on the weekend or in the weekend? - English . . .
I believe over the week-end has a different meaning to at the week-end (or Am on the w e) It suggests that it is some sort of task or chore which you will deliver on the Monday or thereafter e g a piece of homework
- grammar - at the weekend vs at weekends - English Language Usage . . .
"At weekends" is not really what one could call "more appropriate", as it does mean the same thing, but it is used more often than "at the weekend": ngram Without changing the meaning you can use "on" instead of "at" and you find that "on weekends" is much more often used than any other in AmE: ngram This is not so in BrE: ngram
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