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

 I drank too much milk on New Year's eve.

Remember that for dates, we use ordinal numbers.
E.g. the First of September (not the one of September)

IN

We use IN for specific months, years, seasons,
centuries and lengths of time.

 My birthday is in January. (I don't mention the
date, just the month)

 My grandmother was born in 1927.
 The river near my house is dry in Summer.
 The company was founded in the 19th century.
 We need to have this report ready in 15 minutes.

Compare: is in February.
The New Zealand National day
(I don't mention the day - only the month)

The New Zealand National day is on February 6th.
(I mention the day - the order is not important)

The Weekend weekend and

Sometimes you will hear AT the
sometimes ON the weekend.

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