Do you say on the weekend or at the weekend?

“at” and “on” are both used. The former in British English and the latter in American. Cambridge Dictionary recognizes “at weekends” but not “at the weekends.” It isn’t always so but “the weekend” refers to a specific weekend while “(the) weekends” means every weekend.

What is the difference between on the weekend and at the weekend?

Generally speaking: On weekends is used in American English (and in British English, but less often). At weekends is used in British English.

What preposition is used with weekend?

Americans and Canadians tend to use “on” as the preposition for the weekend. You can say “on weekends I generally do the ironing”. “I do the ironing on the weekend” is also correct.

What you do at the weekend?

Here are 14 things successful people do (or should be doing) on weekends:

• Make time for family and friends. This is especially important for those who don’t spend much time with their loved ones during the week.
• Exercise.
• Pursue a passion.
• Vacation.
• Disconnect.
• Volunteer.
• Avoid chores.
• Plan.

Is Happy Weekend correct?

3 Answers. Neither Wishing you a happy weekend nor Wish you a happy weekend would be used in normal conversation. As others have noted, spoken parting platitudes at the end of a week are normally started with have, such as: Have a good weekend.

Does weekend include Saturday?

The weekend is most commonly considered the period between Friday evening and the end of Sunday. More strictly speaking, the weekend is thought to consist of Saturday and Sunday (often regardless of whether the calendar week is considered to begin on Sunday or Monday).

Can you say in the weekend?

“In the weekend” is not used. “On the weekend” may be used to convey something you intend to do or some event that is to take place sometimes during the weekend. Actually the phrase “during the weekend” is better for an event or plan for sometime during the weekend when the specific date is not known.

Is it correct to say on the weekends or at the weekends?

At the weekends is a British English expression, which is used the same way as on the weekend in American English. Speakers of American English may understand this expression, but they do not use it. “On the weekends” is grammatically correct not “at the weekends”. How can I improve my English writing skills?

How do you useweekend in a sentence?

Weekend is mostly used in singular form. However it can be used in its plural form ( weekends) when we are referring to a number of different weekends over a period of time. We went to the beach at/on the weekend. ( = only one weekend, the one that just went by) One final thing, we don’t write weekend with a hyphen in the middle.

What is the plural form of weekweekend?

Weekend is mostly used in singular form. However it can be used in its plural form (weekends) when we are referring to a number of different weekends over a period of time. We went to the beach at/on the weekend. (= only one weekend, the one that just went by) We spent many weekends at the beach. (= numerous weekends in the past)

Is the word ‘weekend’ the object of ‘in’?

Words which refer to an exact point of time take at, like “at 9 p.m.”, “at dinner”, “at Christmas”, “at noon” and so on. Words which refer to a day or date take on, like “on Monday”, “on 18th”, “on Tuesday morning” etc. So according to this rule the word “weekend” should be the object of “in”. But it is not.