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7 years ago PREPOSITION OF TIME
1. IN
- Months: in January / in April
- Seasons: in spring / in winter
- Years: in 1984 / in 2015
- Centuries: in the 20th century
- Times of day: in the morning / in the evening
- Longer periods of time: in the past / in the 1990s / in the holidays
2. ON
- Days of the week: on Monday
- Days + parts of days: on Tuesday afternoon / on Saturday mornings
- Dates: on November 22nd
- Special days: on my birthday / on New Year’s Eve
3. AT
- Clock times: at 7.30 a.m. / at 5 o’clock
- Festivals: at Christmas / at Easter
- Exceptions: at night / at the weekend
4. EXAMPLE
Mm, but I could also say: “I’ll see you on Friday.”
Oh yes, that's fine too. But we often leave out on with days of the week when we’re speaking.
One last question about in. Can I use it for the future, as in “I’ll do it in a minute”?
Yes, that’s very common. We use in for talking about something in the future a certain length of time from now.
She’ll be back in a moment.
We’re going away in two weeks.
Grammar is boring, it makes me bored