kadioguy
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[My original sentences]
a. Sometimes we don't go anywhere on weekends. We just stay at home.
b. Sometimes we don't go anywhere on a weekend. We just stay at home.
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1. Do they mean the same?
2. Do they both sound natural?
An american friend told me:
We use (A). When you talk about things in general, you almost always use the indefinite plural form. (B) refers to a specific weekend, not just any weekend, so it wouldn't make much sense.
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Later on, I found this in Oxford Collocations Dictionary:
Weekend: PREPOSITION
at the weekend (BrE)
What are you doing at the weekend?
at weekends
What do you usually do at weekends?
on a weekend (BrE, informal)
The children play there on a weekend.
on the weekend (esp. AmE)
He called me on the weekend.
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So, is "on a weekend" used in BrE?
PS - I know that "weekend" is often used with "on" in AmE and is often used with "at" in BrE.
a. Sometimes we don't go anywhere on weekends. We just stay at home.
b. Sometimes we don't go anywhere on a weekend. We just stay at home.
----
1. Do they mean the same?
2. Do they both sound natural?
An american friend told me:
We use (A). When you talk about things in general, you almost always use the indefinite plural form. (B) refers to a specific weekend, not just any weekend, so it wouldn't make much sense.
------
Later on, I found this in Oxford Collocations Dictionary:
Weekend: PREPOSITION
at the weekend (BrE)
What are you doing at the weekend?
at weekends
What do you usually do at weekends?
on a weekend (BrE, informal)
The children play there on a weekend.
on the weekend (esp. AmE)
He called me on the weekend.
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So, is "on a weekend" used in BrE?
PS - I know that "weekend" is often used with "on" in AmE and is often used with "at" in BrE.