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what is the difference between 'on this weekend' and 'in this weekend' please?
Thanks, what about :
What are you going to do in this weekend ?
or can we say :
We went to the Disneyland on the weekend .Thank you so much, Jasmine and LGF !!! I understand now !!!
Jun 30, 2012 4:51 AM
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I need a bit more context to understand how those phrases are being used... Really, we don't use "on" or "in" before the phrase "this weekend." We use "on" before a specific day, not groups of days. For example, "He will cook on Monday" "He will cook this weekend"
more examples: "What are you doing this weekend?" (no preposition)... "This weekend is John's party."
June 30, 2012
"On the weekend" is old-fashioned but still very occasionally heard here in Britain. I would avoid using 'on', and using 'in' just doesn't make sense (as we don't use 'in' with days). Follow Jasmine's advice and don't use a preposition.
July 1, 2012
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