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Grammar and Linguistics > "in" "on" or "at"
"in" "on" or "at"
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HARIM
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I don �t agree resh
It �s in
Have a nice day |
26 Feb 2009
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libertybelle
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I would say AT too.
I go to a boarding school
I am in school
I live at a boarding school
It could be the books say in but I would only say at.
Grammar books and reality don �t always agree.
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26 Feb 2009
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HollyHirst
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I �m English and would definitely say �in �
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26 Feb 2009
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HARIM
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Let �s first agree upon the difference between:
He �s at prison
He �s in prison
I hope it can help draw the lines between:
A student lives at a boarding school
A custodian lives in a boarding school
What do other teachers think? |
26 Feb 2009
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libertybelle
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Dearest Harim!!!
Well, I admit, it is better to live IN a boarding school, than outside in the cold, cold rain!!
But the custodian could easily live at the boarding school instead of having his own house somewhere.
On the other hand, most custodians live in a cottage on the school grounds!
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26 Feb 2009
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Zora
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Truthfully, I would use...
"I stay (live) at a boarding school..." - to live in one sounds like you are actually enclosed in there all the time...
I agree with Liberty... though, I am not so "yay" about the verb "live" used in the sentence since a boarding school is like a hotel, you pay to be there, it isn �t your home, so I would use "stay" instead of "live"....
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26 Feb 2009
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arkel
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As an ex boarding school occupant and a native speaker, I wouldn �t use either live or stay. I always say I was at boarding school for...... |
26 Feb 2009
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Zora
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Yes, that �s true arkel ... but that is like saying "I am at school/university/college..."
But where did you stay? Live? Were lodged? etc...
As a native speaker, I would probably say, for example any one of the following:
"I roomed with some friends..."
"I stayed at a boarding house/dorm/etc..."
"I lived on campus..."
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26 Feb 2009
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arkel
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When I was at University I said I stayed in digs (boarding house), but for school we used, at least in Ireland, the expression �where were you at school? � �I was at boarding school � because the very name �boarding school � implies that you also slept there. I don �t know if that �s universal English or not, but it �s what we say in Ireland. Hope it helps the original poster. Hugs, Rosemary |
26 Feb 2009
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