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Kins_10 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

at or during

0I heard people say 'At the wedding, ...' and other say 'During the wedding,...' So, is there any difference between these two prepositions?0-
  

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0In combination with 'the wedding', the preposition 'at' basically refers to location (where), and the word 'during' refers to time (when).0-
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00'I usually go shopping during the weekend' is commonly used by Singaporeans. However, the dictionaries I referred to state 'at the weekend' is BrE and 'on the weekend' is AmE.02br
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00Is 'during the weekend' correct?0-
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01font00'I usually go shopping during the weekend' is commonly used by Singaporeans. However, the dictionaries I referred to state 'at the weekend' is BrE and 'on the weekend' is AmE.02font02br
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01font00Is 'during the weekend' correct?02font00 Yes, but with this
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0Many thanks, Clive.0-

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