1. The first example: I eat three tablespoons of molasses at most on a day. is not correct. Indeed the word sequence "on a day" is somewhat unusual, and is never used in a construction like this example. One might write: On a day marked by storms, Jane left home. On a day that would be long remembered, Japan attacked the US. More @Wikipedia
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