Shylock  +  388058 Wed, 04 Jul 07 06:56 PM A friend of mine and I have had a disagreement lately about the need to use the preposition "on" in the phrase "See you on Monday." He feels that one can say "See you Monday."  He is Canadian.  I am American.  We are both English teachers working in Peru. I look forward to reading your opinion.  Thank you. Shylock Joined on Wed, Jul 4 2007 New Member 02 Prepositions

	CalifJim  +  388086 Wed, 04 Jul 07 08:38 PM Welcome to English Forums! The use of on is optional to judge by the hundreds of people who use it and the hundreds who don't.  It's perhaps a little more formal with on.  A sentence like See you Monday is as common as dirt where I live.  I don't think anybody considers it ungrammatical.  Telegraphic or abbreviated stylistically, perhaps, but not ungrammatical. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,452 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Prepositions

	Yankee  +  388092 Wed, 04 Jul 07 08:57 PM Hi Shylock Here's a comment from the East Coast: I agree with CJ's analysis completely. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,505 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

	Shylock  +  388415 Thu, 05 Jul 07 07:27 PM Thanks for your input.  By way of measuring how strict you are in grammar usage, consider these phrases: 1.  I am trying to eat healthier.    I am trying to eat more healthily. We can agree that number 2 is more correct than number 1, but few people use phrase 2.  Do you therefore agree that phrase 1 is not wrong? Shylock Grammar, Prepositions

	CalifJim  +  388505 Fri, 06 Jul 07 01:12 AM Yes.  But I wouldn't use either one.  Maybe I'm not very concerned about my health!   CJ CalifJim Prepositions