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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

At / on

Hi teachers,

Excerpts from dictionaries:

1. A statement of financial condition at a given date.

2. A statement that shows the financial position of a business enterprise at a specified date by listing the asset balances and the claims on such assets.

3. a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets.

My question is I know that "on" should follow "date", I don't understand why "at", and what does "at" mean here?

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

Top answer

At is used in a variety of contexts when progress, transition or movement is implied or involved and a certain stage is reached. In this particular case the speaker has a sort of calendar in his mind and one day in it is just one step as the days unfold. He has used at because of that.

— Cool Breeze

  • At is used in a variety of contexts when progress, transition or movement is implied or involved and a certain stage is reached.
  • In this particular case the speaker has a sort of calendar in his mind and one day in it is just one step as the days unfold.
  • He has used at because of that.
  • On would be equally correct.
  • Examples of that in contexts I have described above: The train calls at Stevenage.
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At is used in a variety of contexts when progress, transition or movement is implied or involved and a certain stage is reached. In this particular case the speaker has a sort of calendar in his mind and one day in it is just one step as the days unfold. He has used at because of that. On would be equally correct.

Examples of that in contexts I have described
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The words 'given' and 'specified' modify date so rather than saying on this date, it makes it an exact point in time therefore at is used. (I don't think I've explained that very well, so I hope somebody either thinks of a better way, or else ask what you still don't understand).
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Hi Cool Breeze, hi Dave Philips,

Thanks for your help.

Which one is more exact regarding its timeline? (Sorry I'm not sure if you can understand me well with "timeline")

Tinanam
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