Please, could you help me?
Hi, there
Could you help me with a few questions? Please
1) Do you say in/at time(age) or in/at time/(ages)?
For example:
"In/At tough times like these, you need help" or "In/At a tough time like this, you need help"?
"It is in/at times like these you learn(or find out) who your real friends are" or "It is in/at a time like this you learn (find out) who your real friends are"?
And finally, "In/At Newton's times(days, the world was different" or "In/at Newton's time(day), the world was different"?
2) Do you say in or on here? "I met her early in on the morning/night of February, 22, 1980" ? And do you say "February the twenty-second, nineteen eighty or "February twenty-second, nineteen eighty"?
Like, do you say "Today is May the tenth" or "Today is May tenth"? And "I was born on January the fifth, nineteen-eighty" or "I was born on January fifth, nineteen eighty"?
Please.
Thank you very much!!
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Corrections · 2
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For many of these either choice is ok.
1) "In" or "at" are both ok in the first examples. The sentence about Newton I would use the singular "day" or "time" and probably say "in"
2) "I met her early in the morning" and "I met her early on the morning of February, 22, 1980" are correct.
"February the twenty second ..." and "February twenty second ..." are both ok
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1) Use "in" for the first and "at" for the second :P Use "at times" for the third and "at a time." For the fourth, use "in."
2) Use "on." It does not matter whether you say "February the twenty-second, nineteen-eighty" or "February twenty-second, nineteen eighty." They are the same.
I am a native English speaker.
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