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Bookmark or Share- AM/PM vs a.m./p.m. vs am/pm - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeI used to think PM/AM was correct, but at some point, I switched to using p.m./a.m. for reasons I can't recall. I know that in practical, casual writing, people tend to use whatever form is most
- 'in' vs. 'on' for dates - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeSimilarly, we don't say that someone's birthday falls in Halloween, but on Halloween. The fact that we're dealing in the example sentence with a stretch of 14 days would logically suggest that the "in" form (which is suitable for "the last two weeks of February") would also work here; but idiomatically it doesn't.
- Difference between "at" and "in" when specifying locationThere are many answers for this, but looking at the dictionary we get: at: In or near the area occupied by; in or near the location of. in: Within the limits, bounds, or area of. People are usually using in to note a general location and at for a more specific location. I'm in the building, at the front desk. I'm in New York, at the conference
- grammaticality - Do we "study about" something? - English Language ...We can study paintings, or learn about the painters, but we don't study about the painters. Study means to examine or scrutinise an object - study a face - but the verb for gaining knowledge is learn. We study a book to learn about painters. –
- When do we use "arrive at" versus "arrive in"?we don't usually say "in New York" or "at the station" when we say about the direction. We usually say "to New York" or "to the station". With ariive it's a different story! That's why it's confusing. –
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