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Mahmer Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

In/on/at differences

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0 This can be tricky, and even native English speakers have trouble with it at times. When talking about years, it's almost always appropriate to use 01i 00in02i 00. You say 01i 00in 199502i 00, I got fired.

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  • 0 This can be tricky, and even native English speakers have trouble with it at times.
  • When talking about years, it's almost always appropriate to use 01i 00in02i 00.
  • You say 01i 00in 199502i 00, I got fired.
  • However, if you are talking about a specific date, you use 01i 00on02i 00.
  • 01i 00On May 5th02i 00, I got fired.
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0 This can be tricky, and even native English speakers have trouble with it at times. When talking about years, it's almost always appropriate to use 01i00in02i00. You say 01i00in 199502i00, I got fired. However, if you are talking about a specific date, you use 01i00on02i00. 01i00On May 5th02i00, I got f
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0 I take "I was in the cinema" as "I was inside of the cinema hall". EX :"I happened to sleep in the cinema". I take "I was at the cinema" as "I was watching some film in the cinema hall". I take "I was on the cinema" as "I played as an actor/actress on/in the cinema film". 02br
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0 Most of them have to be memorized. 02br
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00I was at the theatre last night. (Even during intermission, when I had a smoke outside of the theatre, I was at the theatre, i.e., even while I was not in the theatre, I was at the theatre. While I was at the theatre, I saw a play.) 02br
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I 'll be back my country in May 5th, is it correct.?
I'll be back my country on May 5th.

which sentence is correct?

thanks


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"I'll be back in my country on May 5" is correct.

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what about when it comes to "things". example: how can we watch them, online or in/on television ?
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