請問英文的日期前面介系詞要用in還是on?

Question

今天試作全民英檢初級的題目,有一題:
Helen Kallar was born ______ 27 June 1887.

答案要填in, 老師的解釋是:因為27是基數,若要填on必須是序數27th,我的疑問是,日期的日不都是序數嗎??不然一月一號怎會是first, January...它是個很確定的日期不是應該要填on??

in不是指一個很大的時間ex ...in 1997, in March, in the morning...?

到底要填in還是on?

那考試 或是寫英文作文時要寫那個?

Answer 1

要填 on !
"27 June 1887" 是"the 27th of June, 1887"的簡化寫法 ，它的原形是個序數，因此該用"on"。

英文的時間前面介系詞要用in, at還是on ，這跟該時間的長短有關，但也不是一成不變的。常說的有：
at the moment, 目前 ，眼前，現在 (指目前的狀況，與 at the minute同義，但與 in a moment不同)
at any moment 任何時刻
at all times
at the end of the day
at present
I will visit you at a more convenient time.
at 5:30am
at 9 o'clock
She eats her lunch at noon.
Children often start going to school at the age of 5, 6 or 7.
at Christmas.
at Easter.
at war, at leisure
at sunrise, at sunset
We let the cat out at night.
The banks are all closed at weekends.
at the weekend

on June 10, 2005
on Sunday, on Monday
I am always busy on weekdays
on your birthday
on the final day of her holiday.
We all go down to the Karaoke on Friday nights.
on the evening of June 1st.
on New Year's Eve
on New Year's Day

in a moment (指一段極短的時間，例 ： I will come back in a moment)
in the morning, at noon, in the evening
in the daytime, in the nighttime
It must have rained in the night.
in March
in year 2001
in New Year (指新年這一段期間)
in this day and age

請不要死記，多看正規的書報雜誌，看時注意一下，看多了自然就記得了。

參考資料：
Time-Chambers的Essential English Dictionary
東華牛津高級英漢漢英雙解辭典
大陸簡明英漢辭典
其他

2005-06-10 01:24:11 補充：
I think that your teacher was not so correct. and those two examples of 不白目ㄉ白目國中生 may be read as : "I was born on May first." Or " I was born on the first of May."

2005-06-10 01:25:39 補充：
For the "IN跟DURING差不多", I don't believe people will say " The author died DURING March, 2005." Generally we say " The author died in March 2005." If you insist on using the word "druing" then we may use "was dying" instead of "died",(to be continued)

2005-06-10 01:26:16 補充：
(continued) it could be said as "The author was dying during March 2005." and it means that the process of the author's death had last for a certain time period in March 2005. It implies that the author had suffered a longer time from his death.

Answer 2

ㄜ 老師說的沒錯拉 on雖然是指固定的一天 但只能+序數用法是這樣EX I was born on May FIRST [我在五月的第一天出生] not FIRST May
你也沒錯IN跟DURING差不多 在....時間之中The author died in March 2005[2005本書作者死於2005 3月]
PS:單字大寫是要注意的地方,有錯的地方也幫我修正一下吧 奇摩知識+就是要一起討論切磋的地方

Answer 3

Check with your teacher again, and let him/her know the mistake.

Answer 4

on是對的. 你那個老師好像沒有搞清楚狀況喔, 不要被誤導了. 27 Jun的27當然是序數, 有時st, nd, rd, th是可以省略不寫的, 除非是有法律效用的文件才不可省略. -.-!!!

Answer 5

the correct answer is "on 27 June 1887", just ask other teachers.

Answer 6

大時間用IN 小時間用ON 特定時間用AT~~~~~~~~~~

Answer 7

應該是 ON 才對!

盡信書不如無書
我想是答案本出錯了!