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A.Wallwork - English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar - 2013
in parallel and operate
in a steady-state manner. The lines are parallel to each other.


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14.6 at, in and on (time)
1.
At with a time of day, and with specific periods ( the weekend, Easter,
Christmas ).
2.
In with a period of time (week, month, year, decade, century etc, including historical periods ( in the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance etc, and with meantime / meanwhile.
3.
On with a day. Note some native speakers say on the weekend others
at the weekend.
AT
IN
ON
1,2,3 The meeting is scheduled to start at
15.30. The conference will beheld in June. I will contact you on Monday morning.
1,2,3 We usually take our holidays at Easter orb atb Christmas, and of course at the weekend. The last conference on this topic was held
in 2012 and the previous one in the s. The first was held in the 18th century. We do notwork on Christmas Day, on Easter day and on July 4 (Independence Day.


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14.7 at, to (measurement, quality)
1.
At with the following nouns that indicate quantity and measurement, e.g. degree, interval, level, node, point, pressure, ration, speed, stage,
temperature, velocity.
2.
To with the other types of calculations and measurements, e.g. with the following verbs approximate, calculate, correct, heat, measure, raise.
3. With certain adjectives to indicates a quality, conformance or similarity
inferior, superior equal, identical, proportional, similar immune,
impermeable, open, resistant, sensitive ; according, alternative,
analogous, attention, common, comparable, conformance, compliance,
correspondence, entitlement, identical, inferior, likened, open, opposed,
proportional, relative, relevant, responsive, similar, suited, superior,
transparent.

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