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I read this sentence:
Now, at last, Arctic Deeply will debut Dec. 8, and Setrakian says she is "extremely excited.1
I don't know exactly why it is not "debut on Dec. 8". I reckon it's an acceptable expression without a preposition "on" here, but I still wonder if it's acceptable in all cases to omit a preposition between a verb and a date.
Can I say sentences like "I'll leave (for the next city) Dec. 8"?
What about "I'll quit Dec. 8" ,"I'll start Dec.8", and "I'll renounce Dec. 8"? Are there different interpretations with two or more possible meanings?
Is that usage kind of informal?
1. USA TODAY
1You can say both I leave December 8th and I leave on December 8th, as well as I'll leave (for the next city) Dec. 8 (or: on Dec 8). You can say I work the 15th of January and I work on the 15th of January. The verb debut works the same way. I can't explain the exact difference at this moment, but both versions (with or without on) are correct with both leave and debut. There is a subtle difference in how the speaker conceives of the day. – None – 2015-11-26T02:21:59.070
1We say: I debut/leave/work tomorrow but we would not use the preposition on before tomorrow (or today or yesterday). So there is something about that usage that applies to the other uses, when the preposition is okay to use, or not use. For instance, with all the days of the week, Monday etc, you can use or not use the preposition. So we can say I worked (on) Wednesday but we cannot say I worked on yesterday. By "cannot" I mean we "do not". – None – 2015-11-26T02:34:42.807
See also Does "It snowed hard Monday" require an "on"?
– None – 2015-11-26T13:54:22.133