Kittixay  +  433289 Mon, 22 Oct 07 07:33 AM Explain the below sentences, please: 1. On the morning of the murder. (Why do we use the preposition on instead of in?) 2. On 12th December he went to Australia. (Why do we use the preposition on instead of in?) Kittixay Joined on Fri, Sep 28 2007 Junior Member 58 Prepositions

	nona the brit  +  433301 Mon, 22 Oct 07 08:44 AM On is the preposition used with dates. On Monday, on 12th December. I know that we usually use 'in' with morning, but here we aren't really talking about the time of day but the date itself - the day the murder happened and we just happen to be specifying the morning of that day. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Dates, Prepositions

	Cool Breeze  +  433313 Mon, 22 Oct 07 09:27 AM Hi Kiitixay The preposition is in or at in the basic expressions only: He came in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening. You can see the stars at night. Nothing exceptional happened at noon. A plural is possible as well: It often rains in the mornings. When you deviate from the basic expressions, the preposition is on: I don't like to go out on cold nights. (adj.) It happened on a foggy afternoon. (adj.) He arrived on the morning of 7th June. (of-genitive) It rained on Monday afternoon. (day of the week mentioned) I don't want to go out on winter / December mornings. (season or month mentioned) And so on. No preposition is used with some words: every morning. this afternoon Cheers CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,970 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Plurals, Prepositions, Genitives

	Cool Breeze  +  433318 Mon, 22 Oct 07 09:50 AM  New2grammar wrote: This is interesting to me. Thanks, Cool Breeze. My pleasure, N2G! CB Cool Breeze

	Yoong Liat  +  433501 Mon, 22 Oct 07 06:31 PM  Kittixay wrote: Explain the below sentences, please: 2. On 12th December he went to Australia. (Why do we use the preposition on instead of in?) We say On 12th December he went to Australia but  In December he went to Australia. Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757 Prepositions