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#1 18-Oct-2003, 20:29Prepositions of time 2
What's the difference?
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#2 19-Oct-2003, 02:29
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#3 20-Oct-2003, 22:21American English - ON
British English- AT, although 'on' is starting to be used here.
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#4 25-Apr-2004, 07:54so....
that means tdol is in England right now?
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#5 25-Apr-2004, 18:09Right now.
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#7 16-Oct-2005, 08:11Re: Prepositions of time 2
i live in US so it's definitely true that people here would say "on" the weekend"
"at" a location as in "at school" "at church"
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#8 16-Jul-2009, 13:59Re: Prepositions of time 2
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#9 17-Mar-2010, 12:48Re: Prepositions of time 2
We share a different language
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#10 06-Aug-2012, 08:12Re: Prepositions of time 2
i am an english man....
i always use 'at'!
Originally Posted by tdol
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