At/with

Hi,

We usually say that someone works on the assembly line.

Clive

Wait, so neither preposition is right?

It should be:

I started on the assembly line..

.But I'm trying to explain to my friend that after I got to my new job they put me at the assembly line to start off with...

Hi,

You need to read our comments carefully.

Here's what I said. Note that I didn't say the others were wrong.

We usually say that someone works on the assembly line.

Prepositions are not easy to learn, or to make rules about. Often, a particular preposition can be possible, but will sound odd or unusual or uncommon.

Hi Clive,

Thanks for the advice, but could you tell me if the prepositions I included are correct or not? And are you saying that sometimes even when a preposition is used correctly it may sound wrong or strange?

Thank you.

Hi,

What have you been doing at the hot dog factory?" It's fine.

"Well, I started with/at the assembly line and now they've moved me to packaging."

Thanks for the advice, but could you tell me if the prepositions I included are correct or not? What do you mean by 'correct'?

CliveThanks for the advice, but could you tell me if the prepositions I included are correct or not? What do you mean by 'correct'?

Hi,

'With' suggests you use the assembly line in some way, which changes the meaning from the one that you seem to intend.

Consider 'I dig ditches. I work with a shovel'.



'At' is OK if you want to stress the location, eg I left my coat at my office and I left my hat at the assembly line.



As I said, 'on' is what is usually said in you