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jason820118
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 Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:43 am Post subject: in/at/on the corner |
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| How to use "in/at/on the corner" in the different situations? I'm a little confused by these 3 preposition. What is the best situation for each preposition? Please tell me. Thanks a lot! |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: in/at/on the corner |
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| jason820118 wrote: |
| How to use "in/at/on the corner" in the different situations? I'm a little confused by these 3 preposition. What is the best situation for each preposition? Please tell me. Thanks a lot! |
It's always hard to answer these kinds of questions if there is no sentence to look at. There are probably a lot of exceptions depending on the sentence, but I'd say I usually use "at" or "on" for streets. (It's on the corner. It's at the corner of First and Main.) I use "in" for a corner of a room. (The chair is in the corner.) If you have a sentence to ask about, please do. |
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jason820118
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for the answer. 
In general, we can use"in the corner" when the corner with the boundary and use"at/on the corner" when the corner without the boundary.
Is that correct? |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| jason820118 wrote: |
Thank you for the answer.
In general, we can use"in the corner" when the corner with the boundary and use"at/on the corner" when the corner without the boundary.
Is that correct? |
I always hate to make generalizations, but if you mean a corner with walls, like in a room, I'd say "in" works. |
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