[Grammar] On/of?

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Nima1000

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1. It was the hottest day on/off the year.
 

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It was the hottest day of the year.
 

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But,in my English book was writen:today is the hottest day on the year!
 

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But,in my English book was writen:today is the hottest day on the year!
Well, there is a mistake in your English book. It was a misprint; it should be 'of' or, possibly, 'in'.
 

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Well, there is a mistake in your English book. It was a misprint; it should be 'of' or, possibly, 'in'.

Unfortunately some English text books and some non-native English teachers make mistakes with prepositions. When we were living in France, my daughter (then aged 14) who was and is completely bi-lingual, was marked wrong for saying "I was born in November", the teacher said it should be "on".:-?
 
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