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Grammar and Linguistics > preposition at
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donia
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preposition at
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HELLO EVERYBODY
What is the correct answer
I saw one house ____________ the coast.
A) at B) on C) in
I�m confused between on and at so I need you guys to help me
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21 Oct 2008
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happy koala
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Hi donia,
I �d say " on the coast :
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21 Oct 2008
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donia
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thanks still not sure
someone else said at the coast
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21 Oct 2008
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Zora
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"On" is the correct option.
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21 Oct 2008
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lucianaesl
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Here are examples from a corpus (The Times magazine). It seems like "on the coast" is more common than "at the coast". There is only one instance of "at the coast" as opposed to 12 of "on the coast". Of course this is not representative of the whole language, but it always helps :)
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/scripts/WConcApp.dll |
21 Oct 2008
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goodnesses
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Hi , donia
"on" is the correct answer.
In this example of course.
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21 Oct 2008
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