(Vendrán este fin de semana.)
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Examples of at |
at 4 o'clock |
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at Christmas/Easter |
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at the weekend (British) |
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Examples of in |
in Summer |
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in the morning/afternoon/evening |
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in July |
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in 1999 |
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Examples of on |
on Monday |
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on Monday afternoon |
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on 5th June |
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on the weekend (American) |
Notice that we do not use a preposition with this, next or last and a time expression, e.g.:
| They are coming this weekend. (Vendrán este fin de semana.) |
| Can you come next Saturday? (¿Puedes venir el próximo sábado?) |
| They arrived last week. (Llegaron la semana pasada.) |
We use since only with a past time or past event to specify a period up to present time, e.g.:
| They have lived here since 1999. (Han vivido aquí desde 1999.) |
| They have lived here since their wedding. (Han vivido aquí desde su boda.) Compare: They have lived here since they got married. (Han vivido aquí desde que se casaron.) |
When we specify the beginning and end of a period, we use from … to, not since, e.g.:
| They lived in Spain from (not since) 1996 to 1998. (Vivieron en España de 1996 a 1998.) |
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