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Bar9on Posted 15 years ago
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When

Question; when will it happen? answers: 1/ on saturday 8pm. 2/ on saturday at 8pm.

are both ok? why/why not?
  

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The second is correct. The first suggests you can say 'on ' 8 pm' but you cannot. People write things like 'Come to our party, Saturday 8pm' but you are expected mentally to add the missing words, just as '1st July' is read out as 'the first of July'.

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  • The second is correct.
  • The first suggests you can say 'on ' 8 pm' but you cannot.
  • People write things like 'Come to our party, Saturday 8pm' but you are expected mentally to add the missing words, just as '1st July' is read out as 'the first of July'.
  • [You might answer the question When with On Saturday- pause and then think you should give a time and add 'at 8pm' or merely '8pm'- but it would only work with the pause as an afterthought.
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The second is correct. The first suggests you can say 'on ' 8 pm' but you cannot. People write things like 'Come to our party, Saturday 8pm' but you are expected mentally to add the missing words, just as '1st July' is read out as 'the first of July'.

[You might answer the question When with On Saturday- pause and then think you should give a time and add 'at 8pm' or merely '8pm'- but i
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