No PREPOSITIONS before some ADVERBIALS of TIME & noun phrases as ADVERBIALS of TIME
Không dùng giới từ trước các trạng từ và cụm danh từ chỉ thời gian sau:
"this, last, next, one, any, each, every, some" hoặc "all + noun"
today
this morning/afternoon/evening
this Monday...
this week/month/year
I've got a piano lesson later today.
I saw her this morning.
Do you want me to come this Tuesday or next Tuesday?
tonight
Will you have dinner with me tonight?
Let's eat out tonight!
yesterday
yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
the day before yesterday
Where did you go yesterday afternoon?
The accident happened the day before yesterday.
tomorrow
tomorrow morning/afternoon/evening/night
the day after tomorrow
I'm off now. See you tomorrow morning.
I'm working late tomorrow night.
Where will you go the day after tomorrow?
last Monday...
last night
last week/month/year
I came there last year in May.
We went to the movies last night.
next Monday/time ...
next week/month/year
Will you be here next week?
Next time it's my treat. (= It's my treat, next time.)
one morning/day/week/month
I saw her one afternoon last week.
One day (= at some time in the future) you'll understand.
all day/night/week
It was nice having Alex home all day.
We danced all night.
I lay awake all night.
every day/week/month/year/Easter, etc.
I go home every Easter. (not: at every Easter)
You should take one tablet every four hours. (not: at every four hours)
some day (= one day = one of these days)
I have an apointment some day next month.
I'd love to go to China some/one day.
I too dreamed of living in London one day.
I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy.
the other day/week/month/year/night = a few days/weeks/months/years/nights ago)
I phoned your office the other day.
I saw her in town the other night.
day after day, night after night...
The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.
The clothes that the night had wet, the next day's sunshine dried upon him; and so, day after day, and night after night; he went no more beneath the planks; whatever he wanted from the cabin that thing he sent for.
But: on this day = today
I've got a piano lesson later today/on this day.
on that day (means: the day is mentioned)
Here is what happened on that day.
on Monday/Tuesday... night
Let's go out on Saturday night!
on the day before today = yesterday
They arrived yesterday/on the day before today.
on or during the day after today = tomorrow
She's leaving tomorrow/on or during the day after today.