9121/2020 ‘What proposition would you use? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange ere ree Deen ieee eect) eee Perec) ENGLISH Language Learners What preposition would you use? [duplicate] Asked 6 years, 4 months ago Active 6 years, 3 months ago Viewed 35k times question already has an answer here: 5 (1 answer) Closed 2 years ago, Do you say I'll arrive in the first week of July? or on the first week of July? prepositions asked May 21°14 at 9:50 user7683 6 Answers Active | Oldest | Votes You arrive in the first week of July...on a jet plane. You arrive on July 4th...in a jet plane ee ee ae eres een oe gece enna mentee art] CMa eaters hitpselstackexchange.com/questions/23894/wh: proposition-would-you-uso#~lext=The preposition ‘is used, isthe appropriate answer. 1/49121/2020 ‘What preposition would you use? - English Language Learners Slack Exchange edited May 21°14 at 10:07 answered May 21 "14 at 9:58, e niboot 151 4 Why use “on a jet plane” in the ‘st sentence and "in a jet plane" to the 2nd? — Dreamer May 28 17:45 Itis also acceptable to use no preposition whatsoever: Il arrive the first week of July This is also acceptable with specific days Mlarrive July 5th This does not work with specific years. MM arrive 2014. (only ‘in’ works) However you can say Il arrive next year. (‘in’ would be incorrect here.) answered May 24 '14 at 4:59 Neither. I would say: l'llarrive during the first week of July. answered May 2414 at 16:34 user3169 207k W222 A The preposition ‘in’ is used with parts of the day, months, years, seasons etc. Whereas ‘on’ is Eye te oe eae enue se eee na en our Terms of hitpselstackexchange,com/questions/23884/what-propostion-would-you-uso#~ ne preposition "iis used, is te appropriate answer. 2/49121/2020 ‘What preposition would you use? - English Language Learners Slack Exchange answered May 28 4 at 17:33 SEER user128802 ‘IN’ is used with: 0 * parts of the day (in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening; note the exception: at night) ‘+ longer periods of time - weeks (in the 1st week of July), months (in July, in July 1969), years (in 2014), centuries (in the 15th c.) * seasons (in winter) ‘ON’ is used with: + weekdays (on Monday) + dates where the day of the month or another sequential number is given (on the 5th, on July 4th, on day 12) + events - both astronomical (on an eclipse) and human (on my birthday, on Independence Day) ‘+ parts of the day, when they are described somehow (on Monday morning, on some afternoons, on a cold winter night) * weeks, when more than one occurred during a set amount of time - typically followed by alan (on a cold week in July) * weekends in AmE (on the weekend) “AT' is used with: * “at night" (an exception) * exact times (at 5 o'clock) + longer-than-one-day holidays (at Christmas, but on Christmas Eve) + weekends in BrE (at the weekend) nothing is used with: + nextlastetc followed by any of the above (weekday, week,....year,century), when used without the ‘the’ article ('I arrived last week’, 'I'll be there next Tuesday’, etc.) EE te oe eae rues ee a en CMa eaters hitpselstackexchange. com/questions/23894/what-prepostion-woulé-you-usod ne preposition "nis used, is te appropriate answer. 3/49121/2020 ‘What preposition would you use? - English Language Learners Slack Exchange edited May 28 "14 at 20:32 answered May 28 ER sees 1,672 7 | would either use "on" - or NO preposition, which I think is more natural 2 answered May 24 CocoPop 6719 1 By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie Policy, CMa eaters 14 at 20:0 14 at 15:52 hitpselstackexchange,com/questions/23884/what-propostion-would-you-uso#~ ne preposition "iis used, is te appropriate answer. 4/4