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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
At vs in
I have seen the explanations of at and in and I understand these perfectly. There is however, one example that makes no sense to me and that is the use of at before a city name when used as part of a title for a university. For example The University of Colorado at Boulder. To me it must be in Boulder not at. Does anyone know why at is used?
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I have never heard of either the University of Colorado or Boulder. However, if Boulder is a town or a city, in wouldn't be wrong. If Boulder is a small place like a village, at is also used to some extent.
- I have never heard of either the University of Colorado or Boulder.
- However, if Boulder is a town or a city, in wouldn't be wrong.
- If Boulder is a small place like a village, at is also used to some extent.
- CB
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I have never heard of either the University of Colorado or Boulder. However, if Boulder is a town or a city, in wouldn't be wrong. If Boulder is a small place like a village, at is also used to some extent.
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It's partly a matter of the name being a given one: "The University of Colorado at Boulder is a national comprehensive research university offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in over 150 fields".
That said, these campuses (the University of California has 10 of them, but neither 'in' nor 'at' is in their names) can just as easily be conceived as being at va
That said, these campuses (the University of California has 10 of them, but neither 'in' nor 'at' is in their names) can just as easily be conceived as being at va
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