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Pupil Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Hello. Could you help me?

I can not choose right preposition. I'll be very thankful if you help me)
1. It's a long time since I last was TO the cinema. 2. It's a long time since I last was IN the cinema.
thank you.
  

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pupil the right preposition I'd choose "at". "to" is my second choice. "in" is my third choice.

— CalifJim

  • pupil the right preposition I'd choose "at".
  • "to" is my second choice.
  • "in" is my third choice.
  • Sometimes there is more than one preposition that can be used, and even if you choose the wrong one, it's possible that you will be understood anyway.
  • CJ
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pupilthe right preposition
I'd choose "at". "to" is my second choice. "in" is my third choice.

Sometimes there is more than one preposition that can be used, and even if you choose the wrong one, it's possible that you will be understood anyway.

CJ
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'To' would not be possible in that sentence in BrE.
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#1 ("to the cinema") is wrong.
#2 ("in the cinema") is correct, but the best preposition in this case is "at".

It's been a long time since I was last at the cinema.
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fivejedjon'To' would not be possible in that sentence in BrE.
Whoa! Emotion: surprise I wouldn't have guess
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CalifJim It doesn't sound brilliant to me, but passable.
"I was to the place" has not been possible in BrE for at least a century.
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fivejedjon"I was to the place" has not been possible in BrE for at least a century.
Hmm. So it looks like "have been to (place)" has won out.

CJ
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Well,

It's been a long time since I last went to the cinema/movies - perfectly fine and indeed how I'd say it.

But...

It's been a long since I was last to the movies -
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XerxesBut...It's been a long ( time ) since I was last to the movies - I don't think so...
Yeah. I'm starting to think that, too. Still, it doesn't sound totally awful to my ear. Google only has eight examples of "since I was last to the", but they all sound fine to me. They are like these:

since I was last to the [website / (military) base
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CalifJimsince I was last to the [website / (military) base / lake / state fair / doctor]
To be honest, I have some difficulty digesting these examples - I just wouldn't say it like that, CJ! But that's just me.
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XerxesBut that's just me.
And a lot of other people. Remember, these were from Google and there were only eight examples. In the grand scheme of things, that's basically zero.

CJ
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