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ziawj2

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I think 'enough free time' in the following sentence is used wrongly.

I have enough free time on every weekend.

Could I make the following changes:

I have time on every weekend.
or

I am free on every weekend.

And I think 'enough' is not needed.
 

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What is the context?
 

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I think 'enough free time' in the following sentence is used wrongly.
I have enough free time on every weekend.
And I think 'enough' is not needed.


As an NES but not a specialist English teacher:

I would have no problem with:
"I have enough free time, every weekend, to answer a few questions on this forum."
The word that jars, for me, is "on". "At the weekend.." would also work, for me.

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R21
 

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Americans use "on" for the weekend*, but it would be "on the weekends" or "every weekend" and not (usually) "on every weekend."

* The first time I saw "at the weekend" I "corrected" it, not knowing it was used elsewhere.
 
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