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New Hope Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

on the front/at the front

What is correct, at or on, in the sentence below?
Every shop had a price list displayed at;/on the front.
  

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haroon rashid on the front/at the front I don't think I'd use either of those, but if I had to choose, I'd use "at". I'd probably use one of these: ... displayed at the front door ...

  • haroon rashid on the front/at the front I don't think I'd use either of those, but if I had to choose, I'd use "at".
  • I'd probably use one of these: ...
  • displayed at the front door ...
  • displayed on the front door ...
  • displayed at the front window ...
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haroon rashidon the front/at the front
I don't think I'd use either of those, but if I had to choose, I'd use "at".

I'd probably use one of these:

... displayed at the front door
... displayed on the front door
... displayed at the front window
... displayed on the front window

"at" is closer to "near" in meaning, but "o
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Thx, Is it ok to write just "at the front", not "at the front window/door"? Because some of the shops might not have windows or some might be just open stalls.
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haroon rashidIs it ok to write just "at the front"
Yes. I'd say just "in front".

CJ

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