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Reply Tue 2 Apr, 2019 06:20 am
The church is in/at Upper Thomson Road.

Which is the correct preposition?

Thanks.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Tue 2 Apr, 2019 06:29 am
@tanguatlay,

neither.

The church is on Upper Thomson Road.


if you want to use at, you would have to include the address --

The church is at 12345 Upper Thomson Road.


this is better --

The church is located at 12345 Upper Thomson Road.
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Tue 2 Apr, 2019 09:09 am
@Region Philbis,
Region Philbis wrote:


neither.

The church is on Upper Thomson Road. [I think in BrE, 'in' should be used.]

if you want to use at, you would have to include the address --

The church is at 12345 Upper Thomson Road.

this is better --
The church is located at 12345 Upper Thomson Road.

izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 2 Apr, 2019 11:06 am
@tanguatlay,
We do use in, on sounds unnatural.
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Tue 2 Apr, 2019 07:29 pm
@izzythepush,
Thanks, Region and izzythepush.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 2 Apr, 2019 11:42 pm
There was a long thread here once, in the course of which an extraordinary amount of BS was peddled about "logic," something which cannot reasonably be applied to language usage.

Miss Tan is interested in British usage, therefore Izzy's reference to in the road is the correct answer.
Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 3 Apr, 2019 02:00 am
@Setanta,

Miss Tan may not be the only person who benefits from the answers to her questions...
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Wed 3 Apr, 2019 02:19 am
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:

There was a long thread here once, in the course of which an extraordinary amount of BS was peddled about "logic," something which cannot reasonably be applied to language usage.

Miss Tan is interested in British usage, therefore Izzy's reference to in the road is the correct answer.
Thanks.
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