'AT' or 'On' Thanksgiving
Dear experts,
As far as I know, with names of holidays the preposition 'at' is usually used: at Easter, at Xmas, at Diwali, ...
Whenever there's the word 'day' used with the name of the holiday, the combination is regularly preceded by the preposition 'on': on Easter Day, on Xmas Day, on Victory Day, ...
How regular is the distribution of prepositions with 'Thanksgiving' because Google seems to give enough hits for 'on Thanksgiving' without the 'Day' afterwards?
Thank you in advance,
YETY
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YETYland with names of holidays the preposition 'at' is usually used: at Easter, at Xmas, at Diwali, ... Whenever there's the word 'day' used with the name of the holiday, the combination is regularly preceded by the preposition 'on': on Easter Day, on Xmas Day, on Victory Day, Those are just guidelines, I am sure you will find many exceptions. If the holiday spans only one day (whether 'day' is mentioned or not), it is usually 'on', while 'at' or 'during' is usually used for multi-day holidays.
- YETYland with names of holidays the preposition 'at' is usually used: at Easter, at Xmas, at Diwali, ...
- Whenever there's the word 'day' used with the name of the holiday, the combination is regularly preceded by the preposition 'on': on Easter Day, on Xmas Day, on Victory Day, Those are just guidelines, I am sure you will find many exceptions.
- If the holiday spans only one day (whether 'day' is mentioned or not), it is usually 'on', while 'at' or 'during' is usually used for multi-day holidays.
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YETYlandwith names of holidays the preposition 'at' is usually used: at Easter, at Xmas, at Diwali, ... Whenever there's the word 'day' used with the name of the holiday, the combination is regularly preceded by the preposition 'on': on Easter Day, on Xmas Day, on Victory Day,
Those are just guidelines, I am sure you will find many exceptions. If the holi
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