Comments on: Prepositions of time

By: Clare

Clare — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:19:17 +0000

We don't use get in / get on in prepositions of time, except for in this example "It's getting on for six o'clock".

There are lots of different meanings for the phrasal verbs get in / get on and impossible to list here. Take a look in a dictionary to see how they can be used.

By: mah

mah — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:13:30 +0000

what is the mean of get in and get on?

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:27:48 +0000

The office opened twenty days ago.
The office opened twenty days before we had our first customer.

By: Shyam

Shyam — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:57:14 +0000

wch one is correct between the two sentences.
1. The office opened 20 days back.
2. The office opened 20 days before.

By: Meena

Meena — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:19:13 +0000

Thank you Clare for taking time to answer my query.

If I understand this well, in the above sentences the preposition 'in' gives an impression of a conversation that lingered on in the night, while 'at' provides a more precise idea of time – the conversation finished before the nightfall.

Thank you.