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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

at/in

Why is it:

I have drill weekend at channel islands and not:

I have drill weekend in Channel islands.

Thnks!
  

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It's arbitrary. People just have chosen that preposition as the right one for that sentence. It's like at work .

  • It's arbitrary.
  • People just have chosen that preposition as the right one for that sentence.
  • It's like at work .
  • 'at' tends to be used for places where characteristic activities are done, like work, or in your case, drill.
  • CJ
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It's arbitrary. People just have chosen that preposition as the right one for that sentence. It's like at work. 'at' tends to be used for places where characteristic activities are done, like work, or in your case, drill.

CJ

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