On Tuesday or In Tuesday?

May 3, 2022

The other day my student said "See you in Tues". Maybe you know it should be "See you on Tues". I realized it's not that strange that he got it confused since we often use "in" for times. Let's see when we use "in" or "on" (or others).

When do we use "in"? For names of months, years, an amount of time...

I met you:

in July
in 2019

I'll see you:

in a month
in a few minutes
in 3 weeks
in a year

When do we use "on"? For days of the week or days of the month:

I will talk to you:

on Thursday
on the 16th
on the last day of the month

Have you ever heard someone say "I'll see you Thur"? Yup, more casually we can omit "on".

We also use "at", for exact times.

My appointment is:

at 2pm.
at quarter to five (4:45)

Thanks for reading and hope it was helpful,

Cecily

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