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Old Eladio Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Arrive at/to
Hi! Could you explain, please, when we use "arrive at" and "arrive to"? They say that "arrive at" if arriving at an island, and "arrive to" if we arrive to another any place. Is that correct?
Eladio (Thanks in advance)
Eladio (Thanks in advance)
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No, arrive at is the correct form. We arrived at the school, he arrived at the airport, she will arrive at the factory...... Arrive to is only used when the 'to' is part of a verb combination, not related to the place.
- No, arrive at is the correct form.
- We arrived at the school, he arrived at the airport, she will arrive at the factory......
- Arrive to is only used when the 'to' is part of a verb combination, not related to the place.
- For example 'the workmen arrived to mend the boiler'.
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No, arrive at is the correct form. We arrived at the school, he arrived at the airport, she will arrive at the factory......
Arrive to is only used when the 'to' is part of a verb combination, not related to the place. For example 'the workmen arrived to mend the boiler'.
Arrive to is only used when the 'to' is part of a verb combination, not related to the place. For example 'the workmen arrived to mend the boiler'.
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Hello, nona!
Thank you for your comment. A friend of mine, American (he is just a doctor, not a grammarian, but born in America), sitting besides me right now says that he can say, for example "Elaine should be arriving in the States about now". And he himself ask for an explanation, more detailed if possible, about this point. Here, he is using "arrive in", but he says that he could say
Thank you for your comment. A friend of mine, American (he is just a doctor, not a grammarian, but born in America), sitting besides me right now says that he can say, for example "Elaine should be arriving in the States about now". And he himself ask for an explanation, more detailed if possible, about this point. Here, he is using "arrive in", but he says that he could say
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Yes, you can arrive in a country, as well as at a place, but I am quite surprised your friend considers "arrive to Canada" an appropriate construction. I don't.
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Oh, I am so sorry, Grammar Geek! My friend says that he told me "Elaine will arrive from Canada tomorrow", not "to". He wants to kill me. Thank you Grammar Geek. Now, all is in its place.
Eladio
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Old EladioA friend of mine, American (he is just a doctor, not a grammarian, but born in America), sitting besides me right now says that he can say, for example "Elaine should be arriving in the States about now".Hi Old Eladio
Nice to hear from you! It's been quite a while. Of course there are some exceptions, but basically the choice of prepos
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Old EladioOh, I am so sorry, Grammar Geek! My friend says that he told me "Elaine will arrive from Canada tomorrow", not "to". He wants to kill me. Thank you Grammar Geek. Now, all is in its place.Don't let him do that! We would miss you!!
Eladio
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If you Google "arrive to the U.S" you will see it in many government documents.
Also, I think it is much more common to say, Don't arrive to school late" than to use a different preposition.
I've seen many schools themselves talk about "arriving to school" on their sites.
I was taught that in Modern Linguistics usage by the educated in society always trumps written grammatica
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