IN / ON / AT - How do I use prepositions of place?

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In this lesson, I'm going to teach you how to use IN, ON, and AT. These three prepositions are often used to talk about place. I'll go over many different situations showing you when to use each preposition. And be sure to take the mini-quiz at the end of the lesson. Then let me know how you did in the comments.
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/// LESSON CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro to Prepositions of Place
0:55 IN - How & When to Use
2:41 ON - How & When to Use
4:46 AT - How & When to Use
6:29 Question - I'm (in/on/at) the lake.
7:11 Mini-Quiz: In/On/At
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Ive learned this in my college days, the exact answer will be preposition At specific place, lake

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Thanks so much for your clear explaination about in/on/at. I often mix and make mistakes when i use them. Because of your video, i am clear and learn alot. What a greatful lesson, Mr.Wes.

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Hi Wes! Yes, some uses of prepositions of place are really difficult to understand and I make mistakes all the time. But now I've come to be able to feel a bit more confident in them. Thank you so much !!

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An interesting lesson. Nonetheless, I'd like to notify you that we can use: 1- in or at with schools, colleges or universities. 2- in or at the front or back seat of something. 3- on the river or lake or ocean means beside it: I have a villa on the river / My house is located or sited or situated or positioned on a lake. Thank you for your efforts to make such useful and fabulous lessons. Keep it up! If you find any blunders in my writing, please let me know. All the best.

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Thanks for the lesson. It seems strange for me to use "in" with a taxi and use "on" with a public transit like a bus. I also didn't understand the third example. I assumed to use "at"(refer to most shops or public places). I think that the city center is a public place.

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I made two mistakes. “... to sit AT the front of the plane.” “... the graph ON the slide.” Thank you for the lesson.

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All of them in Spanish are "En" . English is crazy, thanks for the explanation.

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Hi, thanks for the great vid that I shared with my students. However, I really think "sit in the front of" is okay, E.g. sit in the front of the bus/plane/classroom/the line, etc. Just a thought.

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Hi. On a plane or on a bus because we can stand or walk in a plane or a bus. In an automobile, we can only sit, so we use in the car. Thanks a million for all your interesting videos.

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I walked in the Park this morning. I get together with friends at the Park in the morning.

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At the end of something, though “in the end” if it is used as a synonym for “after all”.

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I made 3 mistakes ⛔ In the end the her journey (because of Linkin Park "in the end..." ⛔ At the city center ⛔ In the front of the plane I promise I won't make those mistakes again. Thank you for this lesson!

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On the first page Proud at the end In the city center In your pockets At the front of the plane On the slide

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I have a question for you. In a song by Enrique Iglesias (Tired of being sorry) I heard expressions like: "Beneath the Sun" and "I am standing in the street". Because I thoroughly improve the English language in the literary sense and every language is not the release of certain sounds but a state of mind. And I know how the preposition "beneath" can be used as well as the preposition "in". If you can, please answer the question whether it is grammatically correct and in which cases of poetic-literal expression.

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