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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

at/in

0Hello Sir,02br
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001. He is at the office.02br
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002. He is in the office.02br
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00When should I use "in" or at in this case specially "office"?02br
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003. I left my purse in the office.02br
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004. I left my purse at the office.02br
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00Which one is correct?0-
  

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0 Hello Hanuman02br 02br 00"AT a Function" and "IN a Place". 02br 02br 00 1. He is at the office.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Hanuman02br 02br 00"AT a Function" and "IN a Place".
  • 02br 02br 00 1.
  • He is at the office.
  • = He is working at the office.
  • 02br 00 2.
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0 Hello Hanuman02br
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00"AT a Function" and "IN a Place". 02br
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00 1. He is at the office. = He is working at the office. 02br
00 2. He is in the office. = He is/stay inside the office.02br
00 3. I left my purse in the office.[Correct]02br
00 4. I left my purse at the office.[Questionable]02br
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0Hello Mr.Paco,02br
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00Thanks .02br
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00One more question.02br
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001.The man is standing 01i00______02i00 (on /before) cycle.02br
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00Here "before" is more correct, but "on" also possible?0-
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0 Hello Hanuman02br
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00I'm sorry but I don't know either "stand on cycle" or "stand before cycle". "Bicycle" or "motorcycle"?02br
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00paco 0-
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01cite10Paco200412cite10Hello Hanuman12br
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10"AT a Function" and "IN a Place". 12br
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10 1. He is at the office. = He is working at the office. 12br
10 2. He is in the office. = He is/stay inside the office.12br
10 3. I left my purse in the office.[Correct]1
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11cite20Paco200422cite20Hello Hanuman22br
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20"AT a Function" and "IN a Place". 22br
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20 1. He is at the office. = He is working at the office. 22br
20 2. He is in the office. = He is/sta
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0Hi Paco,02br
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00When we use the context “ I left my …….at /in the office”, the tense is always past.00 As to your example of “leave in” and “leave at”, I would say I never remember hearing anyone using it in the present form in this context. 00To me, “at the office” is more prevalent to my ears in general than “ in the office”. Perhaps, the subtle difference li
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0 No, you misread my message. I certainly googled "left at/in", not "leave at/in".02br
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00paco 0-
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0Hello Mr.Paco02br
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00Yes, It is Bicycle=cycle.0-
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01cite10Hanuman_200012cite10 Yes, It is Bicycle=cycle.12blockquote
10Hello Hanuman02br
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00I'm sorry but I couldn't answer your question. I can't get what "stand on a bicycle" means. To me, "stand on a bicycle" seems to be an acrobatic action.02br
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00I hope someone would
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0Googling 01i00at the office02i00 vs. 01i00in the office 02i00gets a lot of erratic results from which no rule is likely to be proved. If you search 01i00left my02i00 01i00keys02i00, you get a different statistic than 01i00left my02i00 01i00books02i00, or 0
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