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Anglista2008 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

English prepositions strike back... again

0 Hey there,02br
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00I've got couple of questions about the following sentences... Would you say:02br
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001) I'm sorry. I left (btw. have left???) my English books 01i00in02i00/01i00at 02i00home01i00 02i00again.02br
002) I was in classroom 01i00in/at02i00 school.02br
003) Were you 01i00at02i00/01i00on 02i00the basketball match yesterday, or didn't you go?02br
004) The train is standing 01i00on/at 02i00(the???) platform 7.02br
005) My school is on Peace Street in Washington DC (ok or not?)02br
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00best wishes,0-
  

Top answer

0 I hate prepositions! I can never seem to choose the right one! Well, here's what I would say:02br 02br 00I'm sorry.

— Kooyeen

  • 0 I hate prepositions!
  • I can never seem to choose the right one!
  • Well, here's what I would say:02br 02br 00I'm sorry.
  • 02br 00I was in class at school.
  • (or "I was in the classroom")02br 00Where you at the baseball game yesterday?
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0 I hate prepositions! I can never seem to choose the right one! Well, here's what I would say:02br
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00I'm sorry. I left them at home again.02br
00I was in class at school. (or "I was in the classroom")02br
00Where you at the baseball game yesterday? (BrE => baseball match)02br
00The train is on track 7 (BrE => The train is at pla
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0Yeah!! You've got to give yourself a pad on the back. I think you got them all right!02img02img0-
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01cite10Goodman12cite10Yeah!! You've got to give yourself a pad on the back. I think you got them all right!12img12img12blockquote
10Or a 01b00pat02b00 on
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10 (BrE => baseball match)12blockquote
10 The mistake here is cultural, not grammatical!02br
00cricket match! 02br
00I would say that on both sides of the pond, it's 01i00baseball game02i00 (The Brits would conform to American usage for an America
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0Hmm, sorry, I really know nothing about baseball! (or cricket) 05000 You know, there's virtually no baseball at all here (but I've seen it in American movies on TV 05100)02br
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00 As for the pad on my back, I thought it was ok as well, since I thought "pad on" was pronounced the same as "pat on". Then I started to have doubts, and I suspect the "a" in "pad o
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10Yeah!! You've got to give yourself a pad on the back. I think you got them all right!12img12img12br
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10I really know nothing about baseball! (or cricket)12blockquote
10Do you know anything about basketball? 050010id4
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