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NewPhilologist Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
"Arrive to a place"
0 Hi everyone, 02 br
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00 I'm trying to figure out whether "to" is the appropriate proposition here. Doesn't "at" sound more natural to native speakers? Or perhaps "in"? 02 br
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01 i 00 May I enquire how quickly my copy of Scientific American would arrive to the Heard and McDonald Islands? 02 br
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02 i 00 Cheers, 02 br
00 NewPhilologist (whose old account is still MIA) 0-
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00 I'm trying to figure out whether "to" is the appropriate proposition here. Doesn't "at" sound more natural to native speakers? Or perhaps "in"? 02 br
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01 i 00 May I enquire how quickly my copy of Scientific American would arrive to the Heard and McDonald Islands? 02 br
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02 i 00 Cheers, 02 br
00 NewPhilologist (whose old account is still MIA) 0-
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0 'Arrive to' has been discussed at length here before. 02 br 02 br 00 It is not correct in either American or British English. 0-
- 0 'Arrive to' has been discussed at length here before.
- 02 br 02 br 00 It is not correct in either American or British English.
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0 'Arrive to' has been discussed at length here before. It seems as though it is a feature of some versions of English (if memory serves me right, primarily Indian English). 02 br
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00 It is not correct in either American or British English. They would both use 'at' as you state. 0-
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00 It is not correct in either American or British English. They would both use 'at' as you state. 0-
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