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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Rosie's going at the club with her friends.

We had an English test today, we learn it as a foreign language. In one part of the test you had to fill up gaps with the correct words. One of the sentences was: "Rosie's______ at the club with her friends" my teacher said the answer was: "Rosie's going at the club with her friends" this seems completely illogical. So my question is, how do i explain to her that she's (if) wrong?
  

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We had an English test today, we learn it as a foreign language. In one part of the test you had to fill up gaps with the correct words. One of the sentences was: "Rosie's ______ at the club with her friends" my teacher said the answer was: "Rosie's going at the club with her friends" this seems completely illogical.

— Kelih

  • We had an English test today, we learn it as a foreign language.
  • In one part of the test you had to fill up gaps with the correct words.
  • One of the sentences was: "Rosie's ______ at the club with her friends" my teacher said the answer was: "Rosie's going at the club with her friends" this seems completely illogical.
  • So my question is, how do i explain to her that she's (if) wrong?
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We had an English test today, we learn it as a foreign language. In one part of the test you had to fill up gaps with the correct words. One of the sentences was: "Rosie's______ at the club with her friends" my teacher said the answer was: "Rosie's going at the club with her friends" this seems completely illogical. So my question is, how do i explain to her that she's (if) wrong?
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Because 'at' does not collocate with 'go' — that is, the two words don't match. 'Go' is a verb of movement, but 'at' is a preposition of location.

"Rosie's dancing/singing/ partying at the club with her friends" -- These are some possible right answers.
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It's the difference between being stationary at a place and moving to or from a place.

be at go to come from

Rosie is at the club. / Rosie is going to the club. / Rosie is coming from the club.

It's very tricky telling your teacher that she's wrong, so be gentle.
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