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    A preposition describes where someone or something is located. Common prepositions include over, under, between, after, during, behind, on, off. This document provides examples of how prepositions of time such as at, in, on are used to indicate specific times like 7 o'clock or dates like July 11th. It also gives examples of how these prepositions describe spatial relationships like in the garden, on the wall, at the bus stop.

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    A preposition describes where someone or something is located. Common prepositions include over, under, between, after, during, behind, on, off. This document provides examples of how prepositions of time such as at, in, on are used to indicate specific times like 7 o'clock or dates like July 11th. It also gives examples of how these prepositions describe spatial relationships like in the garden, on the wall, at the bus stop.

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    Prepositions of Time and Place in On at

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    A preposition describes where someone or something is located. Common prepositions include over, under, between, after, during, behind, on, off. This document provides examples of how prepositions of time such as at, in, on are used to indicate specific times like 7 o'clock or dates like July 11th. It also gives examples of how these prepositions describe spatial relationships like in the garden, on the wall, at the bus stop.

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    • A preposition is a word that describes WHERE someone or something is.

    • Common prepositions can be words like over, under, between, after, during,
    behind, on, off, etc.
    • There are naturally standard expressions being used, but this will only deal with
    these prepositions in general.

    TIME PLACE
    We use AT for a POINT and
    We use AT for a PRECISE TIME
    INSTITUTIONS

    A
    > at 7 o'clock > at the corner
    > at 10.45 am > at the bus stop
    > at noon > at the door
    > at dinnertime > at the bottom of the page

    T > at bedtime
    > at sunrise
    > at sunset
    > at the end of the road
    > at the entrance
    > at the crossroads
    > at the moment > at the front desk
    We use IN for MONTHS, YEARS, We use IN for an ENCLOSED SPACE
    CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS and GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

    I
    > in July > in the garden
    > in winter > in Manchester
    > in the summer > in England
    > in 2013 > in a box

    N > in the 1980s


    > in the next century
    > in the Stone Age
    > in my pocket
    > in my wallet
    > in a building
    > in the past / future > in a car
    We use ON for a SURFACE and
    We use ON for DAYS and DATES
    PUBLIC TRANSPORT
    > on Saturday > on the wall
    > on Mondays > on the ceiling
    O >
    >
    on 11 July
    on 23 March 2013
    >
    >
    on the door
    on the cover
    > on Christmas Day > on the floor

    N >
    >
    >
    on my birthday
    on Independence Day
    on New Year's Eve
    >
    >
    >
    on the carpet
    on the menu
    on a page
    Theory and examples borrowed from http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions.htm

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