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Problems Polish People Have with Learning English [63]
Also prepositions usually trip them up. Quick lesson;
The general rule is that we use-
At with clock times (at 4 o'clock)
On with days of the week (on Monday) and with dates (on May 21).
In with with months of the year (in March) and with years (in 2003).
We can expand this rule as follows-
At for meal times (at lunch time);points of time (at night); festivals (at Christmas).
On for parts of specific days (on Monday morning); particular occasions (on that day); anniversaries (on your birthday); festivals (on Christmas day).
In (=during) for parts of the day (in the evening); seasons (in (the) summer); centuries (in the 19th century); periods of time (in the holidays, in Ramadan).
