Is it correct to say weekends?

Is it correct to say weekends?

If you are referring to one weekend, then it's singular. But the plural, weekends, is correct if you are referring to more than one weekend, e.g., Over the next two weekends, I will try to exercise more. Weekend refers to an entire weeks end.

Is it on weekends or during weekends?

“In the weekend” is not used. “On the weekend” may be used to convey something you intend to do or some event that is to take place sometimes during the weekend. Actually the phrase “during the weekend” is better for an event or plan for sometime during the weekend when the specific date is not known.

What days are weekends?

The weekend is most commonly considered the period between Friday evening and the end of Sunday. More strictly speaking, the weekend is thought to consist of Saturday and Sunday (often regardless of whether the calendar week is considered to begin on Sunday or Monday).

Is Saturday a Sunday or weekend?

In most of the world, the workweek is from Monday to Friday and the weekend is Saturday and Sunday. ... Sometimes the term "weekend" is expanded to include the time after work hours on the last workday of the week (e.g., Friday evening is often referred to as the start of the weekend).

Is weekends singular or plural?

Weekend is the singular noun which means one weekend and weekends is the plural noun which means more than one weekend.

Which is correct Happy weekend or happy weekends?

So: if you can sensibly mentally insert the word this, that or some other word which indicates you are talking about a specific weekend, then use weekend. If you can sensibly mentally insert the word every or each or those or some other word which means you are talking about more than one weekend, use weekends.

Why do we say weekend?

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the first use of the word "weekend" to 1879, when British magazine Notes and Queries observed: "If a person leaves home at the end of his week's work on the Saturday afternoon to spend the evening of Saturday and the following Sunday with friends at a distance, he is said to be ...

What do you do weekends preposition?

Americans and Canadians tend to use "on" as the preposition for the weekend. You can say "on weekends I generally do the ironing". "I do the ironing on the weekend" is also correct.

What over the weekend means?

Over the weekend means the same thing as during the weekend. It is used to talk about something that happened (or will happen) between Friday evening and Sunday evening.

What's another word for weekend?

What is another word for weekend?

long weekend	break
minibreak	vacation
personal day	outing
R & R	leave
trip	day off

Is Friday considered to be a weekday or a weekend?

• Friday is widely considered to be the last day of the working week worldwide, and for those who work a Monday to Friday job, it's the beginning of the weekend and therefore the most glorious weekday around.

What's the difference between "on weekends" and "at weekends"?

• Quick answer "At the weekend" is an adverb which is often translated as "en el fin de semana", and "on weekends" is a phrase which is often translated as "los fines de semana". Learn more about the difference between "at the weekend" and "on weekends" below.

Do we say at the weekend or on weekends?

• Weekend is mostly used in singular form. However it can be used in its plural form ( weekends) when we are referring to a number of different weekends over a period of time. We went to the beach at/on the weekend. ( = only one weekend, the one that just went by)

What is difference between week days and weekend?

• As nouns the difference between weekday and weekend is that weekday is any day of the week except sunday and often also saturday [http://wwwyourdictionarycom/weekday american heritage] [http://wwwcollinsdictionarycom/dictionary/english/weekday collins] [http://wwwmerriam-webstercom/dictionary/weekday merriam-webster] while weekend is the break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day thus in western countries, saturday and sunday occasionally ...