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Reply Wed 22 Aug, 2007 09:30 pm
(a) She is visiting the zoo with her friends.

(b) She fell and broke her leg.

(c) During the evening, they came back. They thanked John and gave him a present to show their gratitude.

(d) There was an art exhibition held in/at the school hall.
Should I use 'in' or 'at' or are both correct?

(e) She promised that she will take care of the dog forever.

Besides my comment about (d), are the sentences correct?

Many thanks.
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 06:37 am
Re: Correct sentences
a) She is visiting the zoo with her friends.

Correct

(b) She fell and broke her leg.

Correct

(c) During the evening, they came back. They thanked John and gave him a present to show their gratitude.

Correct

(d) There was an art exhibition held in/at the school hall.
Should I use 'in' or 'at' or are both correct?

Both are correct.

(e) She promised that she will take care of the dog forever.

She promised that she would take care of the dog forever.

Of course, neither humans nor dogs live "for ever", so she could not possibly keep the promise!
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 07:58 am
Thanks.
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 08:58 pm
What about the expression "I'll love you forever."
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 11:40 pm
Yoong Liat wrote:
What about the expression "I'll love you forever."


Take me.

But will you love me long time?
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Reply Thu 23 Aug, 2007 11:43 pm
Yoong Liat wrote:
What about the expression "I'll love you forever."


Of course it is is a kind of poetic exaggeration. There is probably a Greek name for it. I did not mean that the expression was ungrammatical.
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Reply Fri 24 Aug, 2007 09:42 am
I think "I love you forever" means "I love you till death takes me away from you."
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Reply Sat 25 Aug, 2007 07:50 pm
Try googling the answers or studying an on-line grammar textbook such as:

http://books.google.com/books?id=3VgHBgzYQ_IC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=grammar+%22use+in+or+at%22&source=web&ots=zK0odqNdqt&sig=i-jWv_-61qpoSG8gZtCeMipVtZY


"We can use in or at with the names of (places). In most cases 'in' is used. We use 'in' when we are talking about a place as an area; we use 'at' when we see it as a point".
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