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"... at the end of the street"; "at the end of the article"; both are with "at" preposition. Give me examples, please, of similar constructions using "in the" expression.

Is "at the Acacia street" or "in the Acacia street" or even "on the Acacia street" the correct one?


Could you do that? Please?


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2006-09-27 08:34:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

7 answers

they r all correct, it depends on the rest of the sentence:

a) "at the Acacia street" intersection, stop sign, etc...

b) "in the Acacia street" area

c) I live "on the Acacia street" section

the difference is why are you using a preposition...

Example:
The airplane is going 'in the cloud'.

I always remembered the prepostion rule from middle school:
What an airplane does to a cloud: in, around, through, etc.

2006-09-27 08:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

all three are correct in your examples "at, in, or on" the acacia street are all ok but some may be more or less awkward in different contexts.
for example, i'd say:
1. there was a car accident AT acacia street.
2. he took his shirt off IN the street (not THE acacia street)

if you need to use the word "acacia," the IN preposition is a little weird.
3. there is some snow or ice ON acacia street (not THE acacia)

2006-09-27 08:37:59 · answer #2 · answered by Nicoletta 2 · 0 0

I know this from studying latin, that you can use in as a preposition whenever you are actually in a noun like in the house, in the tree, ect....but using in as in going into the house, or getting into a car, that is a direct object

Now if your confused just use in as preposition, when your in something, physically

2006-09-27 08:43:50 · answer #3 · answered by d_skate2000 2 · 0 0

Usage of prepositions varies among countries and even among regions within the same country. You might want people to identify where they live when they answer you.

2006-09-27 08:36:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

in the classroom
in the library
in the school

2006-09-27 08:37:19 · answer #5 · answered by pinkygirl m 3 · 0 0

panic IN the disco

2006-09-27 08:56:24 · answer #6 · answered by Lilac 5 · 0 0

in the yard

in the car

in your head

2006-09-27 08:35:47 · answer #7 · answered by Chris C 3 · 0 0

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