ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: at or during

Yoong Liat — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:38:24 GMT

Many thanks, Clive.

Re: at or during

Clive — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:42:21 GMT

Hi,

'I usually go shopping during the weekend' is commonly used by Singaporeans. However, the dictionaries I referred to state 'at the weekend' is BrE and 'on the weekend' is AmE.

Is 'during the weekend' correct? Yes, but with this comment. 'During' makes the listener focus on the fact that the weekend is a period of time. The result is that it sounds to me like you are saying 'The weekend is a long time and I usually do many things and one of the things that I usually do at some point on Saturday or Sunday is go shopping'.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: at or during

Yoong Liat — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:03:59 GMT

'I usually go shopping during the weekend' is commonly used by Singaporeans. However, the dictionaries I referred to state 'at the weekend' is BrE and 'on the weekend' is AmE.

Is 'during the weekend' correct?

Re: at or during

Yankee — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:06:06 GMT

In combination with 'the wedding', the preposition 'at' basically refers to location (where), and the word 'during' refers to time (when).

at or during

Kins_10 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:53:17 GMT

I heard people say 'At the wedding, ...' and other say 'During the wedding,...' So, is there any difference between these two prepositions?