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Cat fold 525 Posted 8 years ago
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The band plays P3

This wouldn’t have anything to do with a certain band choosing to play P3 tonight, would it?

P3 is a club and here the speaker says "the band plays P3". Without a preposition, that seems really strange to me. Why doesn't the speaker say "the band plays at P3"?

  

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cat fold 525 Why doesn't the speaker say "the band plays at P3"? Play is often used without a preposition. g.

  • cat fold 525 Why doesn't the speaker say "the band plays at P3"?
  • Play is often used without a preposition.
  • g.
  • England will play (against) France on Saturday.
  • The band will play (in)15 cities in 20 days.
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cat fold 525 Why doesn't the speaker say "the band plays at P3"?

Play is often used without a preposition.

e.g.

England will play (against) France on Saturday.


The band will play (in)15 cities in 20 days.

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