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Grammar Correction:



nabeera_nasar
Pakistan

Grammar Correction:
 
Dear Colleagues:

Is the sentence below is correct:
" Sometimes I read a book on the beach."

OR

"Sometimes I read a book at the beach."

2 Jul 2012      





MoodyMoody
United States

The second is more common, but you can say the first as well.
 
The first is more explicitly ON the beach, with your beach umbrella looking at the water.
 
The second is usually the same, but you might mean while on vacation/holiday in the beach town instead.

2 Jul 2012