Hi,

Today we are going to continue looking at prepositions. I want to look at using On for time.

The preposition on is commonly used in time phrases.

When we use on in this way, it is always followed by noun.

Don't worry if this is hard for you at the start, even advanced English learners sometimes get prepositions wrong, it is just a question of practice!

So lets have a look at some examples.

I'll see him on Monday.

She isn't going to be here on the 2nd of June.

We drove there on the 19th of February.

New Years Day is on the 21st of December.

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Here a a couple of useful things to remember.

This is wrong-

"I'll see you on 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Why? Because the sentence indicates a general clock time (or calendar time)

Another incorrect example

"Christmas is on December" (Calendar time)

So lets look at the expression "on time". This means "at the scheduled time."

So for example:

The event was scheduled to start
at 11:00 AM. It started at 11:00 AM.
The meeting started on time.

The party was arranged to start at
10 PM. It started at 11PM!, not at 10PM.
The party didn't start on time.

So I hope this helps clear up some confusion with prepositions.

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