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25 Jul 2011, 23:56
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"Our global growth was especially strong," Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said Friday on a conference call.
I have been consistently reading, in WSJ, this type of sentences where verb is followed by " day, time, year" without any preposition.
Do you guys think this is already very popular among Native English Speakers or its just something very new.
If I have to write similar sentence, I'd write
"Our global growth was especially strong," Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said on Friday in a conference call.
I have been consistently reading, in WSJ, this type of sentences where verb is followed by " day, time, year" without any preposition.
Do you guys think this is already very popular among Native English Speakers or its just something very new.
If I have to write similar sentence, I'd write
"Our global growth was especially strong," Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said on Friday in a conference call.
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26 Jul 2011, 19:11
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anordinaryguy,
You are right - with prepositions of time, we need to use 'on' before days and dates.
Also remember that 'at' is used to denote a specific point in time. For example, it is appropriate to say, "I plan to start at noon". However, it is not appropriate to say,"I plan to start at the evening". Rather, the sentence should be - "I plan to start in the evening". The reason is that noon is a specific point in time but morning and evening are both periods of time characterized by a common term. Similarly, 'in' is used before long periods. Example "The Berlin wall collapsed in 1989".
So, to sum up, the rules are:
1. Before a date that is mentioned (example: 4th of July, Friday, Monday) use 'on'.
2. Before a day that is not mentioned (example: yesterday or today) use no preposition.
3. Before a period in time, use 'in'.
4. Before a specific point in time, use 'at'
You are right - with prepositions of time, we need to use 'on' before days and dates.
Also remember that 'at' is used to denote a specific point in time. For example, it is appropriate to say, "I plan to start at noon". However, it is not appropriate to say,"I plan to start at the evening". Rather, the sentence should be - "I plan to start in the evening". The reason is that noon is a specific point in time but morning and evening are both periods of time characterized by a common term. Similarly, 'in' is used before long periods. Example "The Berlin wall collapsed in 1989".
So, to sum up, the rules are:
1. Before a date that is mentioned (example: 4th of July, Friday, Monday) use 'on'.
2. Before a day that is not mentioned (example: yesterday or today) use no preposition.
3. Before a period in time, use 'in'.
4. Before a specific point in time, use 'at'
31 Jul 2011, 09:26
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Thanks GyanOne for the detailed explanation.
However, regarding the specific sentence I mentioned in my post, do you think WSJ is not correct and the alternative I thought should be the correct one?
However, regarding the specific sentence I mentioned in my post, do you think WSJ is not correct and the alternative I thought should be the correct one?
