Name: How to Use the Prepositions IN, AT, BY and ON When Talking About a Place An English Grammar Lesson
Uploaded: 2020-07-28T08:02:58.000Z
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Those four prepositions when you are learning English

can be extremely difficult and very hard to understand.

I'll try to make it all crystal clear for you.

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that we're always meeting someone somewhere.

If I said to you, I'd like to meet you in a tree,

it would literally mean that I would climb a tree

can you meet me tomorrow in the tree by the house,

it would literally mean that we are going to climb the tree

and we are going to meet each other in the tree

that I am up in a tree in the video beside me.

So we don't use the word in a tree very often

at the tree by the house or by the tree by the house,

those mean the same thing in this case, okay?

or let's meet at the tree, we might be under the tree,

we might be in the shade, we might be out of the shade

but we're generally just meeting somewhere

or let's meet at the tree, that's what I mean.

We would never say let's meet on the tree.

of using the preposition on when talking about a tree

is that we might put something on a tree.

You might put a sign on a tree for instance.

So we definitely wouldn't meet on a tree but again,

if we meet in a tree, we are literally in it.

If we meet by or at the tree, we are close to it.

We might be in the shade, we might not be

and we would not say ever that we are on a tree

and often that might be the one you use the most

Hey, I'll meet you under the tree by the house

because then we can talk while we stand in the shade.

and you're shopping with someone but you're done shopping.

So you decide that you are going to go to the van

You can tell the person where you're gonna meet them

hey, I'm done shopping, I'm going to go to the van

That would mean I'm actually in the van, okay?

I would probably be checking my watch once in a while

and wondering just how much longer Jen is going to shop for.

If I say I'm going to wait at the van or by the van,

that would mean I'm not inside if I use the word by.

If I use the word at, I might be outside the van

So if I say to Jen, hey, I'll wait for you by the van,

If I say to Jen, I'll wait for you at the van.

or I could actually be sitting inside of it

and then I probably would never say to Jen

If I was on the van, I would physically be on top of my van

I think I've only done it once in my life

and I think you're seeing the video of it right now.

So once again, if I say to Jen, I'll meet you in the van,

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