AT, ON, IN

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Hi, I'm a students and I confuse how to makea differences of using at, in, on...please help me

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Here is a summary taken from Purdue Owl ( https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/594/ ):

Point in time:

On is used with days:
I will see you on Monday.
The week begins on Sunday.

At is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day:
My plane leaves at noon.
The movie starts at 6 p.m.

In is used with other parts of the day, with months, with years, with seasons:
He likes to read in the afternoon.
The days are long in August.
The book was published in 1999.
The flowers will bloom in spring.

Place:

To express notions of place, English uses the following prepositions: to talk about the point itself—in; to talk about the surface—on; to talk about a general vicinity—at.
There is a wasp in the room.
I left your keys on the table.
She was waiting at the corner.

For more details, look farther down the page at the link I gave above.

Suheri · Answer

Thanks for your explanation about that..

Anonymous · Answer

I will meet you in the hotel on Monday at 12 noon.

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