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1 kwi 2020 · In a festival = usually means you are an act preforming at the festival My favorite band will preform in the upcoming festival. Synonym for on festivals On festivals is not natural. At a festival= you attended a festival I was at a festival last year.
21 paź 2014 · In the examples above, the prepositions ‘at’ and ‘in’ are used before the word ‘festival’. I wonder if the preposition ‘on’ could be used instead. People love to watch the boats racing in the Dragon Boat Festival. We always have mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Please tell us the books' names and, if available, authors.
29 wrz 2018 · We (Americans) would use 'at' for a festival, party, gathering, etc. For holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc., we can use 'on' for the day (or add the word 'day'), but we use 'at' for the period, allowing time for preparing gifts, food, and decorations, and for travel.
19 gru 2012 · In religious festivals in Turkey the relatives generally visit each other. (during is better though) In Easter the pupils attending to foreign schools are on holiday (again during?) I'll be in Holand at Easter. (here sounds "at" better) ...
3 lut 2020 · in the first phrase we use "on" cause we are pointing out an event but in the second phrase we use "at" cause we are talking about a past event, a particular timeline. Neither option is natural. We can "go to a festival." If we want to specify the location of the festival, then we go to a location for a festival.
23 mar 2024 · The correct phrase is 'at the festival.' 'On the festival' is not a common or correct construction in English. 'At the festival' is the appropriate preposition to use when referring to being present or participating in a festival.
21 kwi 2012 · For example, if we were to be talking about St Patrick's Day as a festival, then we would be wearing shamrock "on" St Patrick's Day. Otherwise, for a specific event or perhaps for a longer period of time, then "at" seems more natural (at Christmas, at the Ballybogey Corn Festival).
