She always comes late to the school.
Dear all,
Please see the following sentences and tell me whether they are correct. If incorrect, please correct them.
1) She always comes to the school late.
2) She always comes late to the school.
3) She always arrives at the school late.
4) Usually she comes late to the school.
Thenk you.
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'school' is one of those words that doesn't take 'the' after 'at' or 'to', so it's 'at school' and 'to school'. I'll change that below. 1) She always comes to school late.
- 'school' is one of those words that doesn't take 'the' after 'at' or 'to', so it's 'at school' and 'to school'.
- I'll change that below.
- 1) She always comes to school late.
- 2) She always comes late to school.
- 3) She always arrives at school late.
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'school' is one of those words that doesn't take 'the' after 'at' or 'to', so it's 'at school' and 'to school'. I'll change that below.
1) She always comes to school late.
2) She always comes late to school.
3) She always arrives at school late.
4) Usually she comes late to school.
Now they are all correct. I'd probably use the first one. In 4) I'd put 'usually
0By the way, I would normally say, "She's always late for school."
0School takes no article when it refers to education, not a building. This applies even when there's no preposition before it: Do you like school?
However: Yesterday I met my son's teacher at the school.
CB
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