have a lot on=have a lot going on?

[eggcracker]

Are these sentences are same? I can not sure especially whether "sentence 1" is right expression or not.

1.I have a lot on in this weekend.
2.I have a lot going on in this weekend.

 

[Barb_D]

#1 does not sound natural to me.

#2 should drop the "in."

 

[5jj]

"I have a lot on [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] this weekend" is fine in BrE.

 

[CarloSsS]

Could the second one be?

I have a lot going on at/on this weekend.

 

[5jj]

Could the second one be?

I have a lot going on at/on this weekend.

No

 

[CarloSsS]

I have a lot going on today. Meaning there's a lot of things related to me happening (going on) today.

Is this one correct?

 

[5jj]

I have a lot going on today. Meaning there's a lot of things related to me happening (going on) today.

Is this one correct?

Yes, It could also just mean that I am very busy today.

 

[CarloSsS]

All right. Then I don't see why the sentence "I have a lot going on on/at this weekend" is wrong. I think that it is because of the second "on"/"at" If substitute the time adverbial "today" by "on this weekend", I get the sentence "I have a lot going on on this weekend". If I break it down, I get:

I --- subject
have --- auxiliary verb
a lot --- adverb of degree
going on --- lexical verb
on/at this weekend. --- adverb of time

Therefore, the "on" before "this weekend" should be all right. I don't see what's wrong with "I have a lot going on on/at this weekend". Could somebody please explain in more detail?

 

[5jj]

All right. Then I don't see why the sentence "I have a lot going on on/at this weekend" is wrong. I think that it is because of the second "on"/"at" If substitute the time adverbial "today" by "on this weekend", I get the sentence "I have a lot going on on this weekend".[...] Could somebody please explain in more detail?

That is annoying. if you had posted that response only sixty seconds earlier, I would have won my bet.

Look at your posts again. You said it yourself - "I think that it is because of the second "on"/"at" ".

 

[CarloSsS]

Nevertheless, I still don't get it why. "On/at this weekend" is just an adverb of time. So is "today". I just substitute "today" for "on/at this weekend" and voilà, I get "I have a lot going on at/on this weekend." Why can't I make that substitution?

 

[5jj]

Nevertheless, I still don't get it why. "On/at this weekend" is just an adverb of time. So is "today". I just substitute "today" for "on/at this weekend" and voilà, I get "I have a lot going on at/on this weekend." Why can't I make that substitution?

You seem to be assuming that 'on/at this weekend' is always acceptable. I don't know where you got that idea.

I'm going to my weekend cottage [STRIKE]on/at[/STRIKE] this weekend.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE we use "at the weekend" and in AmE it's "on the weekend". As soon as "the" is changed to "this", both variants drop the preposition.

 

[CarloSsS]

In BrE we use "at the weekend" and in AmE it's "on the weekend". As soon as "the" is changed to "this", both variants drop the preposition.

If I apply that, then I can get a sentence such as this one:

I had a lot going on on the weekend we went fishing."

Is this correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

If I apply that, then I can get a sentence such as this one:

I had a lot going on on the weekend we went fishing."

Is this correct?

OK, this is more complicated than I first thought! ;-)

If you drop "we went fishing" then yes, "I had a lot going on on/at the weekend" is correct (and would normally refer to the most recent weekend). However, "the weekend we went fishing" is equivalent to "that weekend" which takes the same construction as "this weekend" and drops the preposition. "I had a lot going on the weekend we went fishing". The only preposition I can fit naturally in there is "over the weekend we went fishing".

 

[SoothingDave]

I am getting a lot of work done this weekend. I am gong to Las Vegas this weekend. My girlfriend is having an appendectomy this weekend.

None of these require an "on." They would sound wrong if i put an "on" or "at" there.