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By Monday morning. vs On Monday morning. #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 15:35 pm   By Monday morning. vs On Monday morning.
 

- May I encourage you to have chapter 5 read by Monday morning.
VS.
- May I encourage you to have chapter 5 read on Monday.


Does the first sentece mean we should read it on Monday?
OR
we should finished reading it before monday?
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By Monday morning. vs On Monday morning. #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 16:12 pm   By Monday morning. vs On Monday morning.
 

No, it should be finished before Monday morning. It is an example of "elliptical" usage.
What the speaker is saying is "May I encourage you to have chapter 5 read by (the time you get here on) Monday morning."
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