Tuesday morning OR Tuesday's morning

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Cogar

#485307 Wed, 05 Mar 08 03:09 PM

Hello,

Do i say

Lets meet next Monday morning OR lets meet next Monday's morning

Lets meet on 11 April's morning OR lets meet on 11 April morning

The meeting is on this Friday's afternoon OR The meeting is on this Friday afternoon

Thank you.

Cogar

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Avangi

#485309 Wed, 05 Mar 08 03:25 PM

Cogar
Hello,

Do i say

Let's meet next Monday morning OR lets meet next Monday's morning

Lets meet on 11 April's morning OR lets meet on 11 April morning Let's meet on the eleventh of April[,] in the morning.

The meeting is on this Friday's afternoon OR The meeting is on this Friday afternoon The meeting is this Friday afternoon.

Thank you.

Avangi

Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007

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Cogar

#485311 Wed, 05 Mar 08 03:28 PM

Thank you Avangi,

How come no "on"

The meeting is [on] this Friday afternoon

Cogar

Avangi

#485318 Wed, 05 Mar 08 03:53 PM

"On" wouldn't be incorrect, but I rarely hear it before "this." "We're having a meeting on this coming Friday," would be a little more acceptable - that is, with the "on." Informally, you can even say, "The meeting is Friday." Sorry I don't have any rules to offer. Perhaps someone else does.

Avangi

Cool Breeze

#485321 Wed, 05 Mar 08 04:00 PM

Avangi
Sorry I don't have any rules to offer. Perhaps someone else does.

No preposition is normally used in expressions relating to time with the words this, that, next and last:

I'll meet him this Friday.

It happened that week.

He came last week.

I'll see them next Wednesday.

Places are a different matter:

He was in this room.

There's a supermarket in the next village.

Cool Breeze

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Prepositions, Expressions

Avangi

#485323 Wed, 05 Mar 08 04:02 PM

Edit. P.S. (timed out)

I'm not sure how the British "11 April" is read. In addition to "Let's meet on the eleventh of April," in Am. English we'd also say, "Let's meet on April eleventh." I've never heard anyone say, "Let's meet on eleven April." (I'm not sure - perhaps military)

P.S. again: Thanks, CB

Avangi

Feebs11

#485373 Wed, 05 Mar 08 07:23 PM

I'm not sure how the British "11 April" is read

" Let's meet on the eleventh of April "

Feebs11

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Cogar

#485419 Wed, 05 Mar 08 10:52 PM

Thanks all.

Would you say

"I am referring to this friday afternoon's meeting" OR "I am referring to this friday afternoon meeting"

Please explain. Thank you so much.

Cogar

Avangi

#485425 Wed, 05 Mar 08 11:07 PM

Hi Cogar,

Use the possessive with the -ing, absolutely! (I'm afraid to say gerund or present participle anymore - discussed this yesterday with CJ - see Him doing and His doing in General English Grammar)

But you'd say, "I am referring to the Friday afternoon meeting this week."

I guess "meeting" is a noun, although derived from present participle of to meet. (my bad)