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- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
They are valid but not interchangeable I think the most important difference is that "in the beginning" seems to be an expression describing a whole period of time, while "at the beginning" more literally describes a single moment in time, similar to the difference between saying "in the morning" and "at 8 a m "
- Difference between at and in when specifying location
I am used to saying "I am in India " But somewhere I saw it said "I am at Puri (Oriisa)" I would like to know the differences between "in" and "at" in the above two sentences
- Is it “in” or “on the holidays”? - English Language Usage . . .
At (among other uses) is used for weekends, public and religious holidays, meal times, and times of day For example: at the weekend (BrEng usage); at Christmas and at Easter; at lunch; and at 12 o'clock
- grammaticality - on the link, in the link, or at the link . . .
Which is the correct usage: Follow the instructions on the link mentioned above Follow the instructions in the link mentioned above
- meaning - What does in the name of. . . actually mean? - English . . .
Whats the meaning of the phrase; "In the name of"? For example : whatever you ask in my name, Ask in my name Oxford actually has an entry for the phrase, but it doesn't seem to match how it's use
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
@WS2 In speech, very nearly always In writing, much less so I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”
- word choice - on the train or in the train? - English Language . . .
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- On Saturday afternoon or in the Saturday afternoon?
The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that temporal context would take the entire afternoon as one of several different afternoons, or in other words, one would use "on" when speaking within the context of an entire week
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