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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

At night / On the weekend

When do you usually eat out with your girlfriend? (A) At night. (B) Very often. (C) On the weekend. (D) Not every day.

The given answer is choice C. Can any native speaker tell me what's wrong with choice A?
  

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) but on what types of occasions. " As was recently discussed here, it doesn't seem fair to provide to more tha one grammatically okay answer and ask which is correct. However, if it asked "which is best" then C gives the expected answer.

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  • ) but on what types of occasions.
  • " As was recently discussed here, it doesn't seem fair to provide to more tha one grammatically okay answer and ask which is correct.
  • However, if it asked "which is best" then C gives the expected answer.
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A could be literally correct, but when someone asks "When do you usually do something," the expected resonse isn't the time of day (I go to the movies at 7 p.m.) but on what types of occasions. In this case, "on the weekend."

As was recently discussed here, it doesn't seem fair to provide to more tha one grammatically okay answer and ask which is correct. However, if it asked "which is be
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Please note that "on the weekend" is incorrect in BrE - we say "at the weekend".
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What about "during the weekend"? Is it acceptable? Is there a difference between using "on" and "during" if the phrase is correct? Thanks in advance.
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Is "on weekends" also a valid answer to the question? If so, what is the difference?
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LRR: Thanks for that! I had no idea that "on the weekend" would be wrong in British English!

YL: During the weekend makes it sound like to goes on for a long period. Going out to eat may take a long time, but not take the entire weekend. It's not a requirement that something last the entire weekend to use "during," but it does carry an implication of a longer activity or status than dinne
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Grammar GeekLRR: Thanks for that! I had no idea that "on the weekend" would be wrong in British English!

I was surprised to find the following when I looked up 'weekend' in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

on the weekend (BrE)

on the weekend (BrE, informal)

at the weekend (especially NAmE)

Are you doing an
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I am not a native speaker but lets think that here when has the meaning how often so that you will understand it better.It doesnt ask you whether you eat it in the morning or in the afternoon or at night.It just asks about the frequence.As for during the weekend it will sound absurd a bit I think:D
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Yoong Liat,

I can't explain why that dictionary would list something that is really not said by native BrE speakers. I can only imagine that the examples have a specific context. I would understand "on the weekend" (and would think it sounds American), but would not say it or expect to hear it in everyday conversation in preference to "at the weekend". If a student wrote "on the weeken
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Lil' Ruby Rose

Let me quote the sentences from the dictionary.

1. It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April. (BrE)

2. The office is closed at the weekend. (especially NAmE)

3. The office is closed on the weekend. (BrE, informal)

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