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Rashin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Preposition & different meaning

Hi,
Please consider these sentences and let me know if there is a difference meaningfully :

I work in a school.
I work at pidgin school.

A .Is 1# correct grammatically? can we use always at with school?

I work in a hospital.
I work at Monteral hospital.





Thanks
  

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rashin I work in a school. I work at pidgin school. Hi!

— Silak12

  • rashin I work in a school.
  • I work at pidgin school.
  • Hi!
  • Rashin.
  • Both are correct and can be interchanged in your case.
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rashinI work in a school.
I work at pidgin school.
Hi! Rashin.
You can say "in" and "for" If you want to say you work inside the school or you are one of the worker of the school.Both are correct and can be interchanged in your case.
You can say "at" If you work near the school or somewhere around it but this doesn't imply you work in the school.
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Thanks for swift reply. But I see always school with at. I study at Montral school.
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Hi,

These expressions you are asking about are quite idiomatic.
What you say with the verb 'work' may not be the same as what you say with the verb 'study'.

Let's consider 'study'.
Here are some thin
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Hi, Clive

"I work in a school" is different from "I work at Montral school"?

I mean with a school (in general) we must use "in" but in specific mode(Montral) we must use "at".

Is this the same for "hospital".?

Regards
R.N
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In the examples you have provided above, "in" and "at" do not mean the same thing. However, they are frequently interchanged.
Strictly speaking, if you work in a school, it means you work inside of the school itself. You might be a teacher, a janitor or a secretary in the office, but by saying "in" you indicate that you work inside of the building.
If you work "
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