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English for Tourism & Hospitality by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

Prepositions of Time AT - ON - IN
AT

We use AT with specific times (hour / minutes):

 I get up at 7 o'clock.
 My English class starts at 10am.
 She finishes work at 6.15
 I left the party at midnight.

Midnight (and midday) is a specific hour which is why
we use AT.

12am = midnight

12pm = midday / noon

We use AT for a holiday period of two or more days:

 Do you normally get together with your
relatives at Christmas?

 Did you eat a lot of chocolate at Easter?

ON

We use ON for specific days and dates:
 I will return it to you on Wednesday.
 They got married on Friday the 13th.
 We get paid on the 20th of every month.

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