Weekends

[Allen165]

"I go to school during the week and work on the weekends."

Is "the" necessary?

Thanks.

 

[Raymott]

"I go to school during the week and work on the weekends."

Is "the" necessary?

Thanks.

Not at all.

 

[bhaisahab]

"I go to school during the week and work on the weekends."

Is "the" necessary?

Thanks.

In BrE it would be "...and work at weekends".

 

[philadelphia]

*Not a teacher

In some cases, The can often be taken out. Eg I will do it [the] next time; [the] next time you do that kind of stuff, you will get sacked; etc

 

[Heterological]

In American English, at least, you could omit the preposition, too: "I work weekends."

I was very surprised to learn that Brits say, "work at weekends." It doesn't really make any less sense; I've just never heard it before. Prepositions are so weird!