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PamQueue Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
At Recess
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"Teachers join their pupils at lunch and then have a lunch period of their own while children are at recess."
Could "children are at recess" be an error? I thought one would use "at" for places only, like "at work", "at home"?
"Teachers join their pupils at lunch and then have a lunch period of their own while children are at recess."
Could "children are at recess" be an error? I thought one would use "at" for places only, like "at work", "at home"?
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Sounds fine to me. We have a lot of signs around warning drivers to "slow, children at play". It could be an elision, the place where recess is doesn't matter in the giving of information.
- Sounds fine to me.
- We have a lot of signs around warning drivers to "slow, children at play".
- It could be an elision, the place where recess is doesn't matter in the giving of information.
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Sounds fine to me. We have a lot of signs around warning drivers to "slow, children at play".
It could be an elision, the place where recess is doesn't matter in the giving of information.
It could be an elision, the place where recess is doesn't matter in the giving of information.
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PamQueueI thought one would use "at" for places onlyNo. That's not correct.
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