Placement of 7pm
(1) I left home at 7pm for ABC Store.
(2) I left home for ABC Store at 7pm.
Which one is correct? Thank you.
Top answer
It's not wrong either way, but the canonical form is 'first, place ; then time '. I left home [for ABC Store] place [at 7pm] time . Sometimes, however, the wrong order makes the sentence sound strange.
- It's not wrong either way, but the canonical form is 'first, place ; then time '.
- I left home [for ABC Store] place [at 7pm] time .
- Sometimes, however, the wrong order makes the sentence sound strange.
- We went [last summer] time [to our cottage at the lake] place .
- We went [to our cottage at the lake] place [last summer] time .
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It's not wrong either way, but the canonical form is 'first, place; then time'.
I left home [for ABC Store]place [at 7pm]time.
Sometimes, however, the wrong order makes the sentence sound strange.
We went [last summer]time [to our cottage at the lake]place.
0There is a space between the time and "am" ("a.m.") or "pm" ("p.m."). It's "7 am", not "7am".
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