In or at?

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In or at?

In or at?

Hi!

Which of the following sentences is better?

I usually have lunch at the restaurant near my office

I usually have lunch in the restaurant near my office

I would use the first option, but one of my students wrote "IN" and I want to be sure that it is really wrong before correcting it. I know the rule (AT should be right), but is IN possible too?

Thanks

Chiara

26 Oct 2012

IN is not correct for me, but let �s wait for some native speakers to be sure!

26 Oct 2012

yanogator

I can �t say that "in" is incorrect, but it isn �t usual here, and "at" is definitely correct and far more common.

Bruce

26 Oct 2012

Yes, �at � is what we say. Replace �the restaurant � with the name and you wouldn �t say �in �. I have lunch at Luigi �s and I have dinner at Valentino �s.

27 Oct 2012