On ou at/ aide

On ou at/ aide
Message de mel_gigi posté le 01-09-2013 à 10:36:19 (S | E | F)
Hello,

Would you say : I usually have a party ON my birthday or AT my birthday?
I would say ON, but I'm not sure !
Thanks!

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Modifié par lucile83 le 01-09-2013 11:08

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Réponse: On ou at/ aide de lucile83, postée le 01-09-2013 à 11:21:35 (S | E)
Hello,

I'd say: I usually have a party for my birthday.

A birthday is not a date; you could say:
I usually have a party on September,1st for my birthday.
I usually have a party to celebrate my birthday.

I think there are other ways to say that.

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Réponse: On ou at/ aide de mel_gigi, postée le 01-09-2013 à 20:07:33 (S | E)
Thanks for your answer ! In fact, this is an exercise and they give us the choice between "on" and "at" ! I would prefer "for" as well but it's not proposed.....
Thanks !

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Réponse: On ou at/ aide de lucile83, postée le 01-09-2013 à 20:46:12 (S | E)
oops! well then I'd choose ON rather than AT
Perhaps they think that birthday is a date. It sounds strange to me.

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Réponse: On ou at/ aide de melissaenglish, postée le 01-09-2013 à 21:38:10 (S | E)
It's "on my birthday". This is correct in English (I'm a native speaker).

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Réponse: On ou at/ aide de stephen1, postée le 01-09-2013 à 22:36:42 (S | E)
In this example "birthday" means the date ON which you were born.
As in the sentence "I was born ON the 27th of December"

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Réponse: On ou at/ aide de lucile83, postée le 01-09-2013 à 23:45:43 (S | E)
Ok then, thanks.
In fact I never paid attention to the preposition in that example.

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Réponse: On ou at/ aide de mel_gigi, postée le 02-09-2013 à 07:08:03 (S | E)
IT WAS really helpful!!!! Thanks a lot

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