Learn English – Should days of week be in plural form

adverbial-phrasestime

Are these sentences natural?

  1. Members of my family have their weddings on Saturdays.

  2. Pete pays a visit to his grandmother once a month. He does it on Saturdays.

  3. I celebrate my birthday on Saturdays.

It is obvious that 'Saturdays' doesn't mean 'every Saturday' or 'almost every Saturday'. But are the sentences natural? Would you consider them incorrect? Or awkward?

Best Answer

The way you are phrasing your sentences, they are a bit awkward.

Pete pays a visit to his grandmother once a month. He does it on a Saturday.

"Saturday" should be singular, since he only does it once a month. Otherwise,

Pete pays a visit to his grandmother once a week. He does it on Saturdays.

Your other sentences

Members of my family have their weddings on Saturdays.
I celebrate my birthday on Saturdays.

would be understood to mean

Members of my family have their weddings on a Saturday.
I celebrate my birthday on a Saturday.

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