TIP1. IT, AT, ON (LOCATION)

Tip 1. What's the difference between IT, AT & ON? (Location)

The meaning of this tree prepositions can be easily recognized . Beginners are supposed to learn large lists of this stuff in which are inhibit to know freely what they mean. Let's check them out.

AT indicates the specific location of something, the direction or destination. This called for further comments because it has a great variety of uses but these are the commonest.

Point at the map. Location.



Joe's waiting for me at the Restaurant. (She's aside the restaurant, opposite to)
She spent the whole evening at the Fair.

The place where we are going to. Destination.

We sit at the table to talk about the meeting.
My sister arrive at the house.

Direction.


The policeman leaped at the assailant.
The dog jumped at my face to give me its welcome.

IN & ON Nouns denoting enclosed spaces, such as a field or a window, take both on and in. The prepositions have their normal meanings with these nouns: on is used when the space is considered as a surface, in when the space is presented as an area:



The school football team is playing on the field. (Surface)
The lambs are grazing in the fields. (Area)

The frost made patterns on the window (Surface)
A face appeared in the window. (Area)

If you look at these examples attentively you'll notice that the things surrounded by something uses IN as a preposition.