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Alibaba2626 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

How to use in or at

Hi all,

Please advise how to use "in" and "at"?

a) please come at 3.p.m or please come in 3p.m.

b) My house in usa or my house at usa.

anyone can give a guideline how to use this word?
  

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m. My house in the USA. These prepositions are complex.

— Doctor D

  • m.
  • My house in the USA.
  • These prepositions are complex.
  • " Since you cannot be inside of a particular time, you must be there at a particular time.
  • Likewise your house is not on or near the USA (as a house could be at the corner ) but within its boundaries, so the word you want is in .
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I would say:
Please come by at 3 p.m.
My house in the USA.

These prepositions are complex. But in these cases "in" can be understood as meaning "within" or "inside of." Since you cannot be inside of a particular time, you must be there at a particular time.
Likewise your house is not on or near the USA (as a house could
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Hi,



Can we use sentences below?



a) I will come on 3.00pm.

b) The meeting will be scheduled on 15 March 2010 on 3.00p.m.



Please correct my sentences.

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alibaba2626 Hi, Can we use sentences below?

a) I will come on at 3.00pm.

b) The meeting will be scheduled on 15 March 2010 on at 3.00p.m.

Please correct my sentences.


Use "at" for times.

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