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Layla1234 Posted 14 years ago
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At/on the lake
Could you tell me which version is correct
They are at the lake. ( they spend their holidays close to the lake)
They are swimming in their boats on the lake? *they are literally floating on the surface of the lake
They are at the lake. ( they spend their holidays close to the lake)
They are swimming in their boats on the lake? *they are literally floating on the surface of the lake
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Hi, Could you tell me which version is correct They are at the lake. ( they spend their holidays close to the lake) They are swimming in their boats on the lake? *they are literally floating on the surface of the lake at the lake - near the lake on the lake - on the surface of the water.
- Hi, Could you tell me which version is correct They are at the lake.
- ( they spend their holidays close to the lake) They are swimming in their boats on the lake?
- *they are literally floating on the surface of the lake at the lake - near the lake on the lake - on the surface of the water.
- But for houses or land, on the lake means 'beside the lake, at the edge of the land'.
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Hi,
Could you tell me which version is correct
They are at the lake. ( they spend their holidays close to the lake)
They are swimming in their boats on the lake? *they are literally floating on the surface of the lake
at the lake - near the lake
on the l
Could you tell me which version is correct
They are at the lake. ( they spend their holidays close to the lake)
They are swimming in their boats on the lake? *they are literally floating on the surface of the lake
at the lake - near the lake
on the l
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