6.109 referring to time

Although the main use of prepositional phrases is to talk about position or direction, they are also used to refer to time.

• The women's lacrosse tournament is at Motspur Park on Saturday.
• They are expecting to announce the sale within the next few days.

The use of prepositions to talk about time is explained in paragraphs 5.99 and 5.102 to 5.107.