read 'by' Monday morning.

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  • 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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Hi,

‘On Monday’ means ‘on that day’. ‘By Monday morning’ suggests that is the deadline/the latest time by which it should be read.

Alan

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Both of these suggest that the chapter should have been read before Monday. The second implies, to me, an elliptical clause missing. So: “May I encourage you to have chapter 5 read on Monday” implies “May I encourage you to have chapter 5 read (before you get here) on Monday”