Prepositions in/at
I need to insert either in or at in this sentence:
"We arrived at the airport ... good time for the plane."
Considering a common phrase "in the right place at the right time", there should be "at" in the gap. Am I right?
ابحث بين معلمي الإنجليزية المتعددين...
الإجابات · 3
3
"... in good time" is the correct answer.
There are many excellent online tools which can help you find answers.
frequency information - google ngram of "in good time" and "at good time"
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=in+good+time%2C+at+good+time&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cin%20good%20time%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cat%20good%20time%3B%2Cc0
explanations
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google at good time
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/time_1?q=time
in time (for something/to do something)
not late; with enough time to be able to do something
Will we be in time for the six o'clock train?
The ambulance got there just in time (= to save somebody's life).
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1. Use "in", though I would say "just in time ..."
2. Yes, that is correct.
0
I think that you are right
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