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=="At" is used to talk about position at a point== | |||
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Turn right at the next corner. | Turn right at the next corner. | ||
==Sometimes we use "at" with a larger place, if we just think of this as a point: a stage on a journey or a meeting place, for example.== | |||
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It was warm and comfortable in the club, (a place to spend time) | It was warm and comfortable in the club, (a place to spend time) | ||
==We very often use "at" before the name of a building, when we are thinking not of the building itself but of the activity that happens there.== | |||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
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Sorry I didn't call last night - I was at the theatre. | Sorry I didn't call last night - I was at the theatre. | ||
=="At" is particularly common with proper names used for buildings or organisations.== | |||
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She works in a big insurance company. | She works in a big insurance company. | ||
=="At" is used to say where people study.== | |||
Example: | Example: | ||
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He's at the London School of Economics. | He's at the London School of Economics. | ||
==We use "at" with the name of a city to talk about the city’s university== | |||
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He lives in Cambridge. | He lives in Cambridge. | ||
=="At" is also used before the names of group activities.== | |||
at a party; at a meeting; at a concert; at a lecture; at the match | at a party; at a meeting; at a concert; at a lecture; at the match | ||
==Other Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Positions-of-Pronouns-in-Sentences|Positions of Pronouns in Sentences]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/How-to-Use-Have|How to Use Have]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Adverbs-of-Time|Adverbs of Time]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/How-Do-Silent-Letters-Work?|How Do Silent Letters Work?]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Difference-between-Mood-Tense-Voice|Difference between Mood Tense Voice]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/More-on-Tautology|More on Tautology]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Different-Forms-of-the-Verbs|Different Forms of the Verbs]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Collocations-with-keep|Collocations with keep]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Double-Object-Verbs-(Ditransitive-verbs)|Double Object Verbs (Ditransitive verbs)]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/When-use-If-or-Whether|When use If or Whether]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 27 March 2023
At: place
"At" is used to talk about position at a point[edit | edit source]
Examples:
It's very hot at the centre of the earth.
Turn right at the next corner.
Sometimes we use "at" with a larger place, if we just think of this as a point: a stage on a journey or a meeting place, for example.[edit | edit source]
Compare:
- The plane stops for an hour at/in Frankfurt, (a point on a journey)
She lives in Frankfurt, (somebody’s home) (not she lives at Frankfurt.)
- Let’s meet at the club, (a meeting point)
It was warm and comfortable in the club, (a place to spend time)
We very often use "at" before the name of a building, when we are thinking not of the building itself but of the activity that happens there.[edit | edit source]
Examples:
I first heard her sing at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.
Eat at the Steak House - best food in town.
Sorry I didn't call last night - I was at the theatre.
"At" is particularly common with proper names used for buildings or organisations.[edit | edit source]
Compare:
- I first met your father at/in Harrods.
I first met your father in a shop.
- She works at Legal and General Insurance.
She works in a big insurance company.
"At" is used to say where people study.[edit | edit source]
Example:
He's at the London School of Economics.
We use "at" with the name of a city to talk about the city’s university[edit | edit source]
Compare:
He’s a student at Oxford.
He lives in Cambridge.
"At" is also used before the names of group activities.[edit | edit source]
at a party; at a meeting; at a concert; at a lecture; at the match
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Positions of Pronouns in Sentences
- How to Use Have
- Adverbs of Time
- How Do Silent Letters Work?
- Difference between Mood Tense Voice
- More on Tautology
- Different Forms of the Verbs
- Collocations with keep
- Double Object Verbs (Ditransitive verbs)
- When use If or Whether