Why are you saying > you're talking about all mondays, every monday. ?

Um, can I check one more thing?
"On the (specific) mondays." < are you 100% sure that this phrase itself isn't natural in any case ever?

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kristinirl

3 March

English (US)

@hhoc2000 It's okay if you add "of the month" after. like "I do yoga on the first and third Mondays of the month"

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vz9002

3 March

English (US)

"Why are you saying > you're talking about all mondays, every monday. ?"

Your sentence = "I always do yoga 'on Mondays'."

Your sentence means you do yoga every monday, on all mondays that exist (for lack of a better term, or way of explaining it)

There are some situations where you can use "the" before "monday", but it's not common. For example, something like... On the Monday after next. To refer to a specific Monday, not next monday, but the monday after next monday. (I used "the monday" now without even trying to, again, to refer to a very specific monday, one single monday)

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hhoc2000

3 March

Korean

I didn't say it had to be all Mondays though?

'I’ll see you on the Monday that follows your birthday.' < also possible.
likewise, what about On the Monday's' < (plural)?. this was my question. plural the Mondays

is it grammatically correct?

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vz9002

3 March

English (US)

@hhoc2000 "I didn't say it had to be all Mondays though?"

But that's what your sentence implies... If you don't do yoga every monday, you should change the words that you used below.
"I always do yoga 'on Mondays'."

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hhoc2000

3 March

Korean

Yeah. I always do yoga 'on Mondays'. < is implying every Monday for sure.
but, 'I always do yoga 'on the Mondays'.' can imply another possibility(I thought like this). In the first place this question is asking the Difference between them.

"On the (specific) mondays." < are you 100% sure that this phrase itself isn't natural in any case ever?

Sorry if I didn't get you, because I'm not that much of an English user.

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What is the difference between I always do yoga 'on Mondays'. and I always do yoga 'on the Mondays'. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

"on the mondays" is not correct. #1 is correct and natural

"I always do yoga on Mondays" is the correct sentence. "The" is not needed here.

@hhoc2000 Let me answer your question, with a question. Why do you think the article is necessary?

adding the "the" just makes it sound awkward

@hhoc2000 It's okay if you add "of the month" after. like "I do yoga on the first and third Mondays of the month"

@hhoc2000 "I didn't say it had to be all Mondays though?"But that's what your sentence implies... If you don't do yoga every monday, you should change the words that you used below."I always do yoga 'on Mondays'."

What is the difference between
I always do yoga 'on Mondays'.
and
I always do yoga 'on the Mondays'.
?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

@hhoc2000 "I didn't say it had to be all Mondays though?"

But that's what your sentence implies... If you don't do yoga every monday, you should change the words that you used below.
"I always do yoga 'on Mondays'."