Preposition before date-time

Question

We say "at 10 am", "at noon", "in the morning", "on Monday" and on "30 Jan 2009". What preposition should we use when the date and the time are put together? For example,
1. It happened ___ Monday morning.
2. It happened ___ Tuesday noon.
3. It happened ___ 30 Jan 2009 10 am.
4. It happened ___ 30 Jan 2009 morning.

Optilang · Accepted Answer

1. It happened on Monday morning.
2. It happened at noon on Tuesday. - It happened on Tuesday at midday.

3. It happened _on_ 30 Jan 2009 at 10 am.
4. It happened on_ the morning of 30 Jan 2009. - It happened on the 30 Jan 2009 in the morning.

Pter · Answer

Hi Optilang,
Thank you for the reply. I am aware that we can re-arrange the words and insert a preposition before the time. Do you mean native speakers never say 2, 3 and 4 as in my original examples?

Anonymous · Answer

Anonymous · Answer

PterWe say "at 10 am", "at noon", "in the morning", "on Monday" and on "30 Jan 2009". What preposition should we use when the date and the time are put together? For example,
1. It happened ___ Monday morning.
2. It happened ___ Tuesday noon.
3. It happened ___ 30 Jan 2009 10 am.
4. It happened ___ 30 Jan 2009 morning.

CalifJim · Answer

It happened ...

during the day
at night
at [{time} / noon / midnight]
(on) {day-of-the-week} ( [morning / afternoon / evening / night] )
(on) the [morning / afternoon / evening / night] of {month-of-the-year} {numeric-date} (, {numeric-year})
on {month-of-the-year} {numeric-date} (, {numeric-year})
on the {ordinal-number} of {month-of-the-year} (, {numeric-year}}
in [the morning / the afternoon / the evening]
in [{month-of-the-year} / {numeric-year} / {month-of-the-year}{, numeric-year}]

Key:

[ / / / ]choose one
( ... ) optional
{ ... } provide an element in the set described

Examples:

at 7:15; at 9 o'clock; at midnight; on Monday; Monday; on Tuesday morning; on the afternoon of April 20; the morning of February 28, 2012, on May 15; on June 6, 1983; on the 15th of March; on the 21st of December, 2005; in the afternoon; in August; in October, 2006; in July, 1999

This is not a complete list.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

PterWe say "at 10 am", "at noon", "in the morning", "on Monday" and on "30 Jan 2009". What preposition should we use when the date and the time are put together? For example,
1. It happened __on Monday morning.
2. It happened _on__ Tuesday noon.
3. It happened _on 30 Jan 2009 10 am.
4. It happened _on 30 Jan 2009 morning.

Preposition before date-time

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