- by the end of the week vs. by the weekend - WordReference Forums
Saying 'by the weekend' takes me to any point in the period of time saturday-sunday (probably from friday afternoon) because I'm a student As a student my week is made up of 5 days, from monday to friday, so the end of the week for me is friday, when my last class at school actually finishes
- This weekend vs Next weekend [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
The weekend would be the 6th 7th How do you refer properly to the coming weekend, "This weekend" or "Next weekend"? I believe that using "next weekend" would refer to the 13th 14th and "this weekend" would refer to this week's end Technically the coming weekend (6th 7th) would be the next weekend on the calendar So which is correct?
- At on (the) weekend (s) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Whereas "at 9 o'clock" implies starting at 9, but continuing for an flexible length of time; similarly "at Christmas" implies starting at some point during the Christmas period, not necessarily "on Christmas Day"; "at the weekend" implies some point during the weekend which could either be Saturday or Sunday or both
- Difference between at this weekend and this weekend
When we use time adverbs with 'this' this week, this year, this month, etc , no preposition is necessary You can express the period 'on Saturday and Sunday' with 'at the weekend' British English or 'on the weekend American English
- word choice - On the weekend or during the weekend - English . . .
whereas Britons favour "at the weekend" Both nations also use over the weekend (for Americans, this is actually the most common form; for Brits, it's a close second) But for Brits, during the weekend is the least favoured of these top four prepositions (it's second-to-bottom for Americans, who really don't like at the weekend)
- Weekend or week-end: hyphen or not? | WordReference Forums
The adjectival or attributive version is generally weekend - weekend bag, weekend sailor "Something for the weekend," is always so There are no examples of week-end, or weekend being used to mean the end of the week Edit: Correction, there is one example for definition 1 c "The end (i e the last day) of the week; Saturday dial "
- Difference between Coming weekend and This weekend?
The meeting was this weekend The meeting was this coming weekend The meeting was this past weekend In the first case, I'd think that means that the meeting happened over the weekend that just passed, but it might instead mean that the meeting was scheduled to happen a few days in the future, but was cancelled or moved
- Preposition: . . . lt;at, in, on gt; the weekend? | WordReference Forums
On the weekend does not necessarily refer to any particular weekend, in the same way that "this weekend" would, although you can use "On weekends, I wash the car", or "On the weekend, I wash the car" for a more generalised
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