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sumerce
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I need your help.
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Open your book on page ....... or open your book at page........ or open your book to page ....????? Thaks for your help |
13 May 2015
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alien boy
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open your book to page ... |
13 May 2015
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Matthew@ELSP
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I don �t agree wholly that only one of these is O.K. � I would not suggest �to � as that shows some sort of movement. You could say though: Please finish page 1�and�skip �to � page 3, for example. � I would say that�both �at ��and �on � are O.K. for your sentence. � It is difficult to be certain even as a native speaker, as grmmatically speaking the book would need to be open already for someone to do something �on � page 1, for example. � Equally, you cannot have an action + a place without using �at �, but again you �d need the book to be open already.
I would suggest (and I do mean suggest and not prescribe) that no-one would criticize or correct you, from a native speaker �s point of view anyway, whichever (on/at) you used in that sentence.
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13 May 2015
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nasreddine Sarsar
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Again I confirm "Open your books ON page ..." but NEVER at page. I have been working with native speakers of English for six years now! |
14 May 2015
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almaz
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"Open your books at page X" is the preferred British English way, but we read what�s on the page and we may ask our students to "turn to" page X . "Open your books to page X" seems to be an AmEng thing.
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14 May 2015
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Peter Hardy
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�# Sarsar: native speakers are not right by definition! You�d be surprised how often they make mistakes. As Alex said, we open�a book AT a certain page and read what�s ON the page.�But you might say "You�ll find the answer on page 12" when they are reading the book. As Matthew said, no-one will criticize you. Remember that prepositions tend to change through usage. Just to give you an idea, which is correct:�ON the weekend or�AT the weekend? ON the corner or AT the corner?� For us Auzzies they are both correct, while Americans and�the Brits have their preference for just one.� Cheers, Peter  � |
14 May 2015
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yanogator
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Alex is right that in the US we open our books to a page. Bruce
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14 May 2015
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cunliffe
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Oh, American English, eh? At least they don �t open the books for a page. ;-) Love the new avatar, Nasreddine Sarsar! Oh, the usual one is back! Love that, too. |
14 May 2015
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