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Bonnie Parker Posted 8 years ago
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At/in + article

Can someone please verify this Emotion: smile

I work as a plumber and today I have some work in the school/at the school = both are correct

in the school suggests that inside the building

at the school suggests that on the school premises, so it could be anywhere outside as well


I work at the school = doesn't really tell us where exactly. I could be a teacher, secretary, gardener...

I work in the school = so I work in the building and the possible choices of professions are getting smaller.


I'm at the library = I'm there to study,

I'm in the library - I'm in the building that happens to be a library, no studying


I'm planning to organise a party at the school = on the school premises, inside/outside

I'm planning to organise a party in the school = somewhere inside the building

  

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Bonnie Parker in the school suggests that inside the building Bonnie Parker at the school suggests that on the school premises, so it could be anywhere outside as well Your impressions are correct but, not complete. The use of the means that you are referring to a particular school that is already known. Bonnie Parker I work at the school = doesn't really tell us where exactly.

— Anonymous

  • Bonnie Parker in the school suggests that inside the building Bonnie Parker at the school suggests that on the school premises, so it could be anywhere outside as well Your impressions are correct but, not complete.
  • The use of the means that you are referring to a particular school that is already known.
  • Bonnie Parker I work at the school = doesn't really tell us where exactly.
  • I work in the school = so I work in the building and the possible choices of professions are getting smaller.
  • There is no significant difference between them.
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Bonnie Parkerin the school suggests that inside the building
Bonnie Parkerat the school suggests that on the school premises, so it could be anywhere outside as well

Your impressions are correct but, not complete. The use of the means that you are referring to a particular school that is already known.

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