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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

in / at the school

Can I write:

She teaches in school.

Miss Lim teaches Maths at / in the school.
  

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Hi VT I would suggest these: She teaches. She teaches at ABC School. Miss Lim teaches math(s) at the junior high school.

— Yankee

  • Hi VT I would suggest these: She teaches.
  • She teaches at ABC School.
  • Miss Lim teaches math(s) at the junior high school.
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Hi VT

I would suggest these:

She teaches.
She teaches at ABC School.
Miss Lim teaches math(s) at the junior high school.
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Thanks. But, why don't we use "in the school"?

She teaches in the school.
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 Vincent, haven't you learned that prepositions simply are what they are? 
Because we don't say it that way.
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Can I say,

(a) The teacher teaches pupils in school.

(b) The teacher teaches Maths at school.

(c) The teacher teaches us in school.
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Hi VT

The prepositions in your sentences are OK.
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