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at this minute vs on this minute

The correct phrase is 'at this minute.' 'On this minute' is not a common or correct phrase in English.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 2181 views

at this minute

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the current moment or time.

Examples:

  • I can't talk right now; I'm busy at this minute.
  • At this minute, the team is discussing the project details.
  • She needs your help at this minute.
  • At this minute, I am not sure what to do.
  • Please wait for me at this minute.
  • except right at this minute as we welcome Governor Palin and Senator Biden.
  • At this minute, they are heading towards the North African coast.
  • Look. At this very minute I should be in Cornwall enjoying a freakout.
  • You don't have to give it all away at this very minute.
  • I'll bet at this very minute, she's helping that jet jockey into his full and upright position.
  • I guarantee that at this very minute his fiendish yellow brain... is plotting some new ambush.
  • He's probably down there with that thing at this very minute...
  • You were uncomfortable looking at this boy a minute ago.
  • We've only been at this for 45 minutes.
  • You'll be happy to know that at this very minute my lawyers are working on the Sebastian Venable Memorial Foundation to subsidize the work of young people like yourself who are pushing out the frontiers of art and science but have a financial problem.
  • At this rate... 90 minutes.
  • We've been staring at this hallway for 20 minutes.
  • We can stare at this tree for 45 minutes.
  • Aplane will be landing at this airport in 58 minutes.
  • Now, this happened at 10 minutes after 12.
  • I think Isakov realized this at the last minute, and that's why he ordered the hoses turned on.
  • Abby, I've been staring at this thing for five minutes.
  • One minute at this level equals two hours one dream level below.
  • How many people around the world are dancing with elation at this very minute?
  • Are you telling me that only now at this last minute after the scientific steering committee has made its unanimous pronouncement they want further technical clarification of those points?

on this minute

This phrase is not correct in English and is not commonly used.

  • In fact, there's several experiments going on right this minute to look for WIMPs in underground laboratories.
  • I'm going to put that lotion on right this minute.
  • You literally called us on this three minutes ago.
  • From this minute on, our answer is "no".
  • I have to hit "snooze" on this every minute to keep that from blowing.
  • I want a drone on this courier the minute he heads east from Aleppo.
  • I refuse to spend one more minute on this ship.
  • You got 10 minutes on this job.
  • More news on this power failure 15 minutes ago.
  • Charlotte Phillips from Chicago is downstairs checking her e-mail on my computer this very minute.
  • The time stamp on this photograph is eight minutes later.
  • You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
  • Rule 150 states that we may spend a maximum of 30 minutes on this item.
  • You will have the opportunity to express your views on this during the one-minute questions.
  • I haven't got it on me this minute, have I?
  • Normally it is five minutes, but on this occasion 10 minutes were given.
  • The miner, one of our own... Spent his last minutes on this earth writing those words to his family.
  • Maybe three minutes on this bearing!
  • No, hang on a minute, this is Hammond's car.
  • Without plastic surgery, he wouldn't last five minutes on this case.

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