at new year / on new year's eve | WordReference Forums
Oct 15, 2013 · Hello, I have difficulty understanding some prepositions of time like at and on in these examples: AT New Year ON New Year's Eve. I think for "on New Year's Eve" the …
at / on New Year's Eve - WordReference Forums
Jul 6, 2012 · Cual es la forma correcta. (at New Year's Eve) or ( on New Year's Eve) Gracias.
<on/at> New Year's Eve - WordReference Forums
Nov 17, 2016 · Dear all, Which preposition should I use? <On/at> New Year's Eve. For example, in the following sentences: In China, people have a custom to stay up <at> the New Year's …
at / on New Year's day - WordReference Forums
Jun 12, 2008 · ¡Hola! ¿Qué preposición debo poner delante de New year's eve o New year's day? ¿on o at? Creo que es on, porque se refieren a un día concreto y delante de los días se pone …
What is "New Year's"? | WordReference Forums
Jan 19, 2017 · Does "New Year's" refer to New Year's holiday, which consists of December 31 and January 1? "New Years's" refers to the end of the year. It does not mean those 2 days. In …
On New Year's Eve + at night = ? [Eve = evening or whole day?]
Jun 25, 2015 · I have fewer reservations about 'the night of New Year's Eve', so your sentences are fine for me. We do say things like 'New Year's Eve is a university holiday' here, and that …
a few years later / in a few years | WordReference Forums
Aug 7, 2021 · This makes no sense, because later means “after a specific time or event”, and no such time or event is specified in your sentence. It just begs the question: later than what? But …
in the last two years/for the past two years - WordReference Forums
Mar 23, 2014 · What is the difference between the two expressions "in the last two years"and "for the past two years"? Googling, I found both of them in large quantities, "in the last two years" …
Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior VS first, second, third, fourth ...
Nov 3, 2022 · No there's no difference in meaning, but using the ordinal number emphasizes the number of years the person has been in college. But 'freshman' is on its way out of fashion (or …
"in the last few years" & "for the last few years"
May 22, 2009 · "In the last fifty years" tells us that the transformation was an event, a series of events, or a process that happened within that period of time. "For the last fifty years" says the …