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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Regarding Sitting In & Sitting On.

Hello all,

Could you please tell me whether these sentence are correct:

- Students are sitting in chairs at a classroom.

- Students are sitting in chairs in a classroom.

- Students are sitting on chairs at a classroom.

- Students are sitting on chairs in a classroom.


* If they all correct, do they have the same meaning?


Thank you

  

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They are all correct, but with different and unlikely shades of meaning as I have explained in my notes below. Only the last one sounds like everyday English, and even this seems like you are describing a photo. More common is eg The students are sitting in the classroom.

— Clive

  • They are all correct, but with different and unlikely shades of meaning as I have explained in my notes below.
  • Only the last one sounds like everyday English, and even this seems like you are describing a photo.
  • More common is eg The students are sitting in the classroom.
  • If you are talking about specific students, say the students.
  • If note,we usually say some students'.
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They are all correct, but with different and unlikely shades of meaning as I have explained in my notes below. Only the last one sounds like everyday English, and even this seems like you are describing a photo.More common is eg The students are sitting in the classroom. If you are talking about specific students, say the students. If note,we usually say some
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It's pretty clear now, thank you very much Clive.
Thank you MountainHiker for your addition.

I guess I understand what you meant, such statements could make mind stuck when you feel that all of them have the same meaning.

I made them because I hear such terms " sit in a chair' and other times, "sit on a chair", "in a class" , "at a class".




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