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 …

Dec 2, 2006 · 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 …

Nov 28, 2018 · 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 …

Aug 16, 2012 · So technically part of a weekend starts at the beginning and another weekend starts at the end of the week. So when someone says, for example, the weekend of the 24th …

Oct 29, 2018 · @FumbleFingers But if the boss says he needs it by Monday morning, you might say "It's ok, I'll do it at the weekend". (Or you could say "I'll do it over the weekend.) An …

Nov 17, 2010 · If you announce that the class scheduled for last weekend of the month will be held at Buster's Bar, you cannot say that it will be the past weekend. A rule: If you are talking …

May 2, 2017 · As has been pointed out several times on this site, Her Majesty and her subjects never do things "ON" the weekend. They do things "on" Saturday, and "on" Sunday, but …

Jun 13, 2022 · Now, weekend as we now know it, is a U.S. invention. The practice of organising employment in a way that provides for most people not working on both Saturday and Sunday …

Oct 21, 2015 · I believe over the week-end has a different meaning to at the week-end (or Am on the w/e).It suggests that it is some sort of task or chore which you will deliver on the Monday …

May 19, 2021 · "At weekends" is not really what one could call "more appropriate", as it does mean the same thing, but it is used more often than "at the weekend": ngram. Without …