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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

A Monday v.s. Monday

Hi,

I'm trying to draw a distinction between "Monday" v.s. "Monday".
Could you check my sentences and tell me which ones are incorrect, please?

1.1 Most Americans work on Monday
1.2 Most Americans work on a Monday
1.3 Most Americans work on Mondays

2.1 We went to the lake on Monday
2.2 We went to the lake on a Monday

On the face of it, 1.2 is incorrect, but I have my doubts

Thanks !
  

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2 seems fine to me, though not the usual choice.

— Mister Micawber

  • 2 seems fine to me, though not the usual choice.
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1.2 seems fine to me, though not the usual choice.
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I can't help but think of the song lyric that begins, "You can kiss me on a Monday, a Monday, a Monday, is very, very good..." Emotion: smile
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Okay, let me give this a serious try. "On a Monday" is treating the day of the week as one of a group of other Mondays.

Try to schedule your visit on a Monday. That's our least busy day.

"On Monday" means a particular Monday; the one coming up, or the one that's just passed.

I stopped by your house on Monday, but your car wasn't in the driveway so I f
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Thank you both !

That's a lot of light you shed on the matter, I seem to have caught on ))


PS: Anyways, tomorrow, I will be having a case of the Mondays ))) (tomorrow is Monday)
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