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Prepositions of place: in, on, at, next to
Introduction
The laptop is on the desk. The cup is next to the laptop. The flowers are in a vase.
Definition
We use the prepositions 'in', 'on', 'at' and 'next to' to for location and position.
Uses
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| Uses | Examples |
| in
| a closed space; towns, countries
| in my office in Paris in a box in a bag |
| on
| a surface | on the table on my desk on the wall |
| at | a place | at home at work at the cinema at school |
| next to
| people or things | next to my desk next to the hotel next to David |
