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PREPOSITIONS OF TIME - 4

🟥 At is used for hours of the day -

at 7 o'clock, at half past two, at 8.15 p.m.

🟥 On is used for days and dates -

on Monday, on 26th January, on Christmas day

🟥 In is used for months, seasons and years -

in May, in summer, in 1998

🟥 In is also used for parts of the day :

in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening ( but at night)

If parts of the day are followed by dates or days - 'on' is used -

on the morning of the 15th, on Tuesday afternoon, on Saturday evening

By the time - before / not later than that time

I will have finished this work by six o'clock. मी हे काम सहा वाजेपर्यंत पूर्ण केलेले असेल.

🟥 since is used for a point of time and

for is used for a period of time.

Nihar has been learning computer since 2022. निहार 2022 पासून संगणक शिकत आहे.

Nihar has been learning computer for four months. निहार चार महिन्यांपासून संगणक शिकत आहे.

since 9o'clock, since 6th May, since last week, since 2020, since my childhood

for four hours,  for several days,  for the last month,  for two years,  for a long time 

🟥 Note that since is used with 'last week', 'last month', etc.

and for is used with 'the last week', 'the last month' etc.

🟥 No preposition is used before time phrases beginning with last, next, this, that.

We went there last month. आम्ही गेल्या महिन्यात तेथे गेलो.

I will give you chocolates next Saturday. पुढच्या शनिवारी मी तुला चॉकलेट्स देईन.

Is there a meeting this week? ह्या आठवड्यात सभा आहे का?


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