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Maria D Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
at vs by (place)
Hello!
Could you help me, please?
Am I right to understand the difference between the prepositions of place "at" and "by" explaining this as follows: "at" is used when something interracts with the object of place, and "by" - when we just point at the place of something towards the object of place.
For example:
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I stand at the bus stop = I stay and wait for the bus = I interract with the bus stop.
I stand by the bus stop = I stand near the bus stop = I might stand behind or on the left but I don't wait for the bus.
2)
I stand at the window = I look through the window = I interract with the window.
I stand by the window = I stand on the left / on the right from the window = I don't look through the window.
Am I right to think so?
Otherwise, what is the exact difference between at and by when we talk about the place?
Thank you!
Could you help me, please?
Am I right to understand the difference between the prepositions of place "at" and "by" explaining this as follows: "at" is used when something interracts with the object of place, and "by" - when we just point at the place of something towards the object of place.
For example:
1)
I stand at the bus stop = I stay and wait for the bus = I interract with the bus stop.
I stand by the bus stop = I stand near the bus stop = I might stand behind or on the left but I don't wait for the bus.
2)
I stand at the window = I look through the window = I interract with the window.
I stand by the window = I stand on the left / on the right from the window = I don't look through the window.
Am I right to think so?
Otherwise, what is the exact difference between at and by when we talk about the place?
Thank you!
Top answer
Maria D Am I right to think so? No. " You might be looking out of the window, or not.
- Maria D Am I right to think so?
- No.
- " You might be looking out of the window, or not.
- At the window generally means that you are looking out of it.
- Perhaps your nose is pressed against the window pane.
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Maria DAm I right to think so?No.
By the window just means "near the window." You might be looking out of the window, or not.
At the window generally means that you are looking out of it. Perhaps your nose is pressed against the window pane.
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