Can you tell me why I can't used 'at' in the following sentence?

Question

I went at the Aquarium with my friends Jane and TIm.

Answer 1

Because it sounds like your relieving yourself with your Friends at the aquarium.

Answer 2

To indicates in the direction of.

At indicates in or very near a near a particular place as in "At that precise position;", at Jim’s house."

Your usage in this sentence is clearly meaning in the direction of the Aquarium.

You could say, I was at the Aquarium with my friends.

Hope that helps a little.

Answer 3

Using the preposition AT


At calls for futher comment. Because it is the least specific of prepositions in its spacial orientation so it has a great variety of uses.

For example:
(Location) Points defining location

Tom waits for his sister at the bank
Sue spent the afternoon at the house

(destination)
We arrived at her house
The waiter was at our table immediately


At as a preposition of time:
We use at to designate specific times.



The train is due at 12:15 p.m.



As a preposition of place:
We use at for specific addresses.

Meet me at 35 West Main St.



Maybe this helps:
Prepositions of Location: in, at, and on
and No Preposition
IN
(the) bed*
the bedroom
the car
(the) class*
the library*
school*
AT
class*
home
the library*
the office
school*
work
ON
the bed*
the ceiling
the floor
the horse
the plane
the train
NO PREPOSITION
downstairs
downtown
inside
outside
upstairs
uptown

Answer 4

This is perfectly acceptable grammatically.

The sentence as written means that you and the others mentioned headed directly toward (or in some other way as to cause a collision or meeting) the aquarium.

I think the point that everyone is making is that it is more likely that we would describe a visit by using to rather than at - at implies something different or dumb!

Answer 5

Because when you use 'at' is woyld have to be in past tense, this is in present tense. For 'at' to be in the sentense it would have to say I was at the Aquarium with my friends Jane and TIm. But if you want to not use 'at' and have it present tense, it would have to say, I went to the Aquarium with my friends Jane and TIm.

Answer 6

Dear,
The verb “Go" is used with preposition "to", when you mean that you reached somewhere.

There is no reason for that, just because native speakers say so, you should follow them.
When you're unsure about using a certain preposition simply lookup the verb from your dictionary, there you can find the correct prepositions for correct purposes.

More examples:

1-going to the gym
2-going to the airport

Answer 7

prepositions are used at different times to signify different things

You can say that you studied at the Aquarium but you went TO the aquarium.

Answer 8

Change it 2 ways: I was at, or I went to

Answer 9

You went 'to' the Aquarium, you go there you are not 'at' there....it's incorrect the way you typed it.

Answer 10

because you probably went 'to' the Aquarium.