"on" a winter afternoon...

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I stumbled upon that phrase recently and the use of the preposituion"on" there threw me off. Shouldn't there be IN, instead? As far as the rules say, in collocates with afternoon (and morning and evening), and with seasons (winter).

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

EyeSeeYouthe use of the preposition "on" there threw me off.

That's not surprising. English is like that. There's never an end to the surprises (and frustrations).

EyeSeeYouShouldn't ~~there~~ it be IN, instead?

No. It really is "on a winter afternoon".

in the afternoon, but on a summer afternoon, on a cool afternoon, on Thursday afternoon, on a Thursday afternoon, on a recent weekday afternoon, ...

CJ

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