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Donnie Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Prepositions - in, at and on

What is the right way of using in,at and on
  

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g. I woke up at 7am. We went home at midnight.

  • g.
  • I woke up at 7am.
  • We went home at midnight.
  • g.
  • I'll go to the bank on Friday.
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Referring to Prepositions of time:

AT - specific hour
e.g. I woke up at 7am.
We went home at midnight.

ON - specific day
e.g. I'll go to the bank on Friday.
There is a holiday on the 18th.
There are many people recovering from hangovers on New Year's day.

IN - month, year or season.
e.g. My birthday is in January (we use IN when we d
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"My birthday is in January". What happens when you specify the date?
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what about when it comes to using these prepostions to specify a location?
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For locations, ' at ' used for a small place in a larger area.

eg. I live ' at ' the D.R Park ' in ' Ipoh city.
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Wouldn't you use "at" to tell us your address?
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Nope, just an exampleEmotion: smile. But the city I mentioned is actually where I am living ' in '.
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i noticed that you have written "Prepositions of Time" can you tell me more about Prepositions of Manner if there is any.
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" With " is very commonly used I guess in terms of showing the manner.

Every participant here treats EnglishForward ' with ' respect by taking part in a constructive manner.
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You may find this page useful.
[url="http://www.james.rtsq.qc.ca/Virtgram/prepth.htm"]prepositions[/url]
Cheers
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yeah.the page is great. thanks a lot. i have a question.sometimes i hear 'what's on your mind' is this grammatically correct?

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