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Utpmahesh Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Diff between IN and AT
Hi there,
How do I say (1)someone near the cinema? and (2)someone inside the cinema.
1) He is at the Cinema
2) He is in the Cinema
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" Here you'd hear the following: He's near the movie theater. ) He's at the movies. ) He's in the movie theater.
- " Here you'd hear the following: He's near the movie theater.
- ) He's at the movies.
- ) He's in the movie theater.
- )
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In the US, the word "cinema" is rarely heard in the sense of "movie theater." Here you'd hear the following:
He's near the movie theater. ( = He's in the vicinity of the theater, say, on the sidewalk and within a block of it.)
He's at the movies. ( = He's in the movie theater watching a movie.)
He's in the movie theater. ( = He's in the movie theater watchi
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