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difference please
Which one is correct?
I am in Bus stop......or I am at Bus stop.....
I was in University or I was at University....
Thanks in advance
Mar 15, 2013 4:09 PM
Answers · 6
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Good question.
Bus stops are small - you can't get into them, so at a bus stop, at the bus stop.
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I attend university = I am at university.
Where are you? I am on the university campus right now = I am at the university.
What do you do for a job? I am at the university.
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If the bus stop is a big building, you can be in it. Not a common thing to say.
I am at the train station = I am there.
I am in the train station = I am there, on the inside.
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He excelled.in school - during those years
She excelled.in university - during those years
She excelled at school
He excelled at university.
March 15, 2013
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I would have to say neither.
For the first one I would say, "I am at a bus stop."
For the second one it depends. If you were literally inside the university, you could say "I was in a university." Though you could say this one whether you were inside (which is still at a university) a university or around the place: "I was at a university." If you wanted to mention that you were taking classes at a certain university, you could say "I took college classes at a university." Or something like that.
March 15, 2013
Agree with naren....!!!!
September 20, 2013
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