Time!!!

"A stitch in time saves nine." - proverb



"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.