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HMFindlay Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

I'm confuzzled! : In vs On vs At

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00Why can't I say ' I prefer to stay in home' but have to say 'at home' when I am inside the house?02br
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00or 'Im at the airport' instead of 'in the airport' when I am already inside the arriving hall?02br
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00And why 'my dog plays in the field/playground' and not 'at the field/playground' or something else?0-
  

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0 01i 00at home02i 00 is just a special idiom. If you want to emphasize staying inside, that is, the interiority of the situation, use 01i 00in the house02i 00. ), then say that you want 01i 00to stay in the house02i 00.

— CalifJim

  • 0 01i 00at home02i 00 is just a special idiom.
  • If you want to emphasize staying inside, that is, the interiority of the situation, use 01i 00in the house02i 00.
  • ), then say that you want 01i 00to stay in the house02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00home02i 00, 01i 00airport02i 00, and 01i 00playground02i 00 can be conceived of as places where certain typical activities occur.
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0 01i00at home02i00 is just a special idiom. If you want to emphasize staying inside, that is, the interiority of the situation, use 01i00in the house02i00. If you want to emphasize that you don't want to leave the house (Maybe there's a dangerous animal just outside the door!), then say that you want 01i00to stay in the house02i
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