"In" or "at" the shop/store
For example:
1) I purchased the jeans in the shop/at the shop.
2) I purchased the jeans in the store/at the store.
What preposition is correct for each item? Or are they all correct, but indicating different meanings?
Top answer
'at' is more idiomatic with 'shop' and 'store' (or the name of a shop or store) unless there is a specific contrast with 'out', in which case you use 'in'. Elena bought her bracelet at that new jewelry shop downtown. There was a display of organic corn outside the market, but it was more expensive than the non-organic corn they keep inside, so I bought the corn in the store.
- 'at' is more idiomatic with 'shop' and 'store' (or the name of a shop or store) unless there is a specific contrast with 'out', in which case you use 'in'.
- Elena bought her bracelet at that new jewelry shop downtown.
- There was a display of organic corn outside the market, but it was more expensive than the non-organic corn they keep inside, so I bought the corn in the store.
- 98% of the time you'll need 'at'.
- CJ
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'at' is more idiomatic with 'shop' and 'store' (or the name of a shop or store) unless there is a specific contrast with 'out', in which case you use 'in'.
Elena bought her bracelet at that new jewelry shop downtown.
There was a display of organic corn outside the market, but it was more expensive than the non-organic corn they keep inside, so I bought the corn in the sto
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