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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Help with prepositions please!

0 Hello all,02br
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00I guess it is easy stuff for the veterans here, but here it goes.02br
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00"I was born ____March 20th, 1977"02br
00VS02br
00"I was born ____ March 20th"02br
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00I wrote "on" for both of them. Am I right?02br
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00Also, do we say "I like to go skiing in the winter"?02br
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00"I like to go skiing during the winter"?02br
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00Thanks a lot,02br
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00John0-
  

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0Here's my non-native opinion:02br 02br 001. Yes, when you state a date, you use "on". 02br 02br 002.

— Pieanne

  • 0Here's my non-native opinion:02br 02br 001.
  • Yes, when you state a date, you use "on".
  • 02br 02br 002.
  • I think both are correct, but I understand them differently: "in the winter": you often go skiing in the winter, when you go skiing it's in the winter, not in the spring.
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0Here's my non-native opinion:02br
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001. Yes, when you state a date, you use "on". Yet the second example sounds a bit weird (to me), because it might mean you're 3 days old!02br
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002. I think both are correct, but I understand them differently: "in the winter": you often go skiing in the winter, when you go skiing it's in the winter, not in the sp
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hello all,12br
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10I guess it is easy stuff for the veterans here, but here it goes.12br
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10"I was born ____March 20th, 1977"12br
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10"I was born ____ March 20th"12br
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10I wrote "on" for both of them. Am I right?
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