Oct 26, 2005ย ยท I agree that "on the weekend" (as if a weekend were a day, since "on" is used for days) or "at the weekend" (as if the weekend were the end of the week and hence a point in time, since "at" is โ€ฆ

Dec 2, 2006ย ยท The adjectival or attributive version is generally weekend - weekend bag, weekend sailor. "Something for the weekend," is always so There are no examples of week-end, or weekend being โ€ฆ

Oct 10, 2014ย ยท Should weekend be singular since there is only one weekend being referred to or should it be plural since there are multiple weekend experiences occurring (one for each employee). If it's โ€ฆ

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Oct 21, 2015ย ยท which is the right grammatical saying from these, "I will do my work on the weekend", "I do my work in weekends" or "I will do my work at the weekend"?

At the weekend is the British usage; on the weekend is the American form.

Feb 19, 2006ย ยท In April, I wash the car at seven o'clock on Mondays. On the weekend does not necessarily refer to any particular weekend, in the same way that "this weekend" would, although you โ€ฆ

Oct 29, 2018ย ยท Where I live in southern California I often hear weekend referred to as plural eg "on the weekends". Is this proper English and is it commonly heard elsewhere or is it just ignorance unique โ€ฆ

Jun 13, 2022ย ยท Now, weekend as we now know it, is a U.S. invention. The practice of organising employment in a way that provides for most people not working on both Saturday and Sunday first โ€ฆ

May 3, 2013ย ยท By the weekend generally means 'before midnight on Friday', i.e. before the weekend. For some people, Sunday is the first day not the last day. If you're at work, "by the end of the week" โ€ฆ

Jun 13, 2022ย ยท Now, weekend as we now know it, is a U.S. invention. The practice of organising employment in a way that provides for most people not working on both Saturday and Sunday first โ€ฆ

May 3, 2013ย ยท By the weekend generally means 'before midnight on Friday', i.e. before the weekend. For some people, Sunday is the first day not the last day. If you're at work, "by the end of the week" โ€ฆ

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