"Time is of the essence." - idiom
"Time heals all wounds." - proverb
Time is an important word in English, and we have a lot of expressions to talk about it, and a lot of things to say about it. However, there´s some confusion about how to express time in English, specially, using prepositions: IN and ON. Here´s a short guide to help save time!
IN - used with: months, years, decades, centuries, and epochs:
E.G.: She was born in september;
She was born in 1958;
She was born in september 1958;
Ernest Hemingway lived in Paris in the 1920s;
Healthcare is much better today than it was in the 1700s;
In the Ace Age, many animals became extinct.
We also use "IN" with morning, afternoon, and evening:
I usually get up early in the morning.
In the afternoon, I like to take a short walk.
I sometimes go out in the evening.
"IN" is also used to talk about a period of time from the present to some period in the future, which can be anything from a second to thousand of years:
I´ll come help you in a second.
My brother is coming to visit me in a few days.
I´ll call you back in an hour.
She´s going to Japan in six months.
Her goal is to be a multimillionare in ten years.
I expect that in 100 years the world will be very different.
"AT" is used with specific times of day:
we have a meeting at two o' clock.
My train is at 4:30.
We also use "AT" with night and words like dawn and sunset:
- Seth like to look at the stars at night.
-Our baby wakes up at dwan and starts screaming and crying.
- The sky is beautiful at sunrise.
- I love to look out over the ocean at sunset.
Vocabulary:
extinct: describes something (frequently animals) that no longer exists
dawn/sunrise: when the sun comes up and starts the day.
sunset: When the sun goes down and starts the evening;
to scream: to make very loud and high sound like when you´re scared.
