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 …

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 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 …

May 3, 2013 · 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 …

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 …

Following this definition, "next weekend" will always mean the weekend with the start date in closes proximity in time. If the phrase is used during a weekend, of course, you'd be referring …

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 …

May 7, 2012 · On is slightly vague (possibly deliberately so) and would suggest some time during the weekend, or possibly the whole weekend. For the weekend could mean most of the …

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 …

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 …