Page 1 of 1
On winter evenings
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:00 am
by Brahman
I found the following sentence in a book by Selina Hastings:
1. Afterwards on winter evenings there was sometimes a game of whist...
is there a reason why she has used "on" instead of "in"?
Re: On winter evenings
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:28 pm
by SARDORBEK
Hi, Brahman! In my country (Uzbekistan) English is taught as a foreign language.
As we know, there is an expression in the morning and in the mornings
In the same way
In the afternoon & in the afternoons
In the evening & in the evenings
But if there is an adjective before these expressions, as far as I know,
the preposition “in” should be normally turned into “on”
For instance:
On Monday evening(s)
On Friday afternoons(s)
On Sunday evening(s)
For my money (<-- it’s an idiom that I learnt on Englishclub.com),
Selina Hastings has said “on’...
I hope this answers your query!
Respectfully,
SardorBEK