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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
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1. Could you check whether the follwoing sentence is right?
There are several students at the classroom.
If it is okay, could you tell me what the difference is between "There are several students at the classroom" and "There are several students in the classroom"?
2. Which one is right and natural among the following sentences?
A1. There are several students in the classroom.
A2. Several students are in the classroom.
B1. There are many desks in the classroom.
B2. Many desks are in the classroom.
There are several students at the classroom.
If it is okay, could you tell me what the difference is between "There are several students at the classroom" and "There are several students in the classroom"?
2. Which one is right and natural among the following sentences?
A1. There are several students in the classroom.
A2. Several students are in the classroom.
B1. There are many desks in the classroom.
B2. Many desks are in the classroom.
Top answer
Because classrooms are enclosed areas, “in” is the better choice of preposition. “at” is better for School. There are many students at the school.
- Because classrooms are enclosed areas, “in” is the better choice of preposition.
- “at” is better for School.
- There are many students at the school.
- A1 – This is the normal wording.
- A2 – When discussing students in general, and giving the dispersion of all students: “Several students are in the classroom.
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Because classrooms are enclosed areas, “in” is the better choice of preposition. “at” is better for School. There are many students at the school.
A1 – This is the normal wording.
A2 – When discussing students in general, and giving the dispersion of all students:
“Several students are in the classroom. A few are in the hall. The rest are outside.
B1 – There are many in th
A1 – This is the normal wording.
A2 – When discussing students in general, and giving the dispersion of all students:
“Several students are in the classroom. A few are in the hall. The rest are outside.
B1 – There are many in th
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In the classroom is the context you are looking for.
Classroom is rarely used as another word for a place of learning in casual speech/ as slang.
We have several officers learning at their first crime scene.
We have several students at the classroom. - this would be an extreme use of slang and would require context to understand.
As for the second question there is n
Classroom is rarely used as another word for a place of learning in casual speech/ as slang.
We have several officers learning at their first crime scene.
We have several students at the classroom. - this would be an extreme use of slang and would require context to understand.
As for the second question there is n
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XilliusWe have several students at the classroom. - this would be an extreme use of slang and would require context to understand.While this might be unidiomatic, I cannot agree that it is either slang, or extreme, or particularly hard to understand.
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A better word might have suited. As to understanding I meant without context one would expect to hear "in" instead of "at" and might not understand the choice of words.
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If I heard "There are several students at the classroom", I might wonder if they were all standing outside the classroom, perhaps because the door was locked.
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