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Hole One a New See Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Prepositions: after, over

Hi everybody,

Which prepositions could I use in the following sentence:

Peter stayed _____ his grandmother _____ Christmas.

It is a gap-filling exercise so there are possible answers. You can use these prepositions more than once:

about
after
at
for
in
to
over
with

I would use:

Peter stayed with/at his grandmother over Christmas.

What is your opinion about it?

Thanks for the answer in advance.
  

Top answer

I'd say: Peter stayed with his grandmother at/for Christmas. I'm not a mother tongue speaker, but I'm sure about that. Bye

— Slocawber

  • I'd say: Peter stayed with his grandmother at/for Christmas.
  • I'm not a mother tongue speaker, but I'm sure about that.
  • Bye
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I'd say:

Peter stayed with his grandmother at/for Christmas.

I'm not a mother tongue speaker, but I'm sure about that.

Bye
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Hole One a New SeePeter stayed with/at his grandmother over Christmas.
Close, but no cigar!

With "at" you need the possessive form: at his grandmother's / at his cousin's / ..., so that won't fit in the gap.
It's "with".

With "over" you typically want a range of time, not just one day: stayed over the Christmas h
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