Sometimes the smallest words in the English language are the most difficult to use.
This is especially true when we think about at, on or in when talking about time.
Did we do something:
"At the weekend."
"In the weekend."
"On the weekend."
At
Used when a specific time is mentioned eg at 9 o'clock, at noon, at 3:30pm
at night
at the weekend
at breakfast time, at lunch time, at dinner time
On
Used for specific days eg on Monday, on my birthday, on New Year's Day
To talk about parts of days eg on Tuesday morning, on Thursday evening
For specific days eg "I go on holiday on the 14th May." "My birthday is on 7th September."
In
Is used to talk about much bigger periods of time:
Years: In 1997
Months: "In January the weather was very cold."
Decades: "In the 1980's..."
Centuries: "In the 1500's..."
Seasons: "In the spring..." "In the winter..."
Parts of the day: "In the morning I like to go for a walk." "In the evening I like to watch television."
Hopefully this blog post has helped you to work out which of the following sentences is correct:
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