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TeacherJapan Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

At?

Is it possible to drop “at” in the following cases?

A: I’ll be in Hong Kong (at) this time tomorrow.

B: The cherry blossoms are in full bloom (at) this time of year.

  

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teacherJapan A: I’ll be in Hong Kong (at) this time tomorrow. It would be usual to omit "at" here. teacherJapan B: The cherry blossoms are in full bloom (at) this time of year.

  • teacherJapan A: I’ll be in Hong Kong (at) this time tomorrow.
  • It would be usual to omit "at" here.
  • teacherJapan B: The cherry blossoms are in full bloom (at) this time of year.
  • In this case "at" is optional, though personally I would probably include it.
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teacherJapanA: I’ll be in Hong Kong (at) this time tomorrow.

It would be usual to omit "at" here.

teacherJapanB: The cherry blossoms are in full bloom (at) this time of year.

In this case "at" is optional, though personally I would probably include it.

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