why do we say ( on the farm ) not (in the farm)?
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how could you live inside a farm?
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It's actually quoted as an example even in the Oxford Dictionary. They say it's spoken English and used instead of "why". I agree with those who think it's not excellent English, but you know, use sometimes is sovereign and creates rules of its own!
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In formal English, it is incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition (such as "at"). By definition, a preposition is a word that shows the relationship between its object and another part of the sentence. However, the object of a preposition always comes after the preposition. That's why you technically aren't supposed to end a sentence with a preposition.\n\nThe phrase "where at" is also redundant and should be reduced to "where," as you have pointed out. Many people have simply picked up this informal (and incorrect) expression.
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They say them interchangeably.  On the corners, means they are on the corner bases.  At the corners means they are at the corners of the basepaths. \n\nSix of one, half dozen of the other in my opinion....
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Ain't is a word.  It is a contraction of Am Not.  Most people just use it in the wrong context.
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It is used to describe an event that couldn't possibly happen....\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_pigs_fly
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Both are correct.\nOne means you have absolutely no idea where he is or you want to emphasize that you dont know (maybe the person you are talking to does not believe you).\nTwo means you have a general idea where he is or a pretty good guess about where he is, but you arent exactly sure.
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Broadly speaking, there has always been a distinction made between learning/dissemination of information done in a controlled, formal setting (like a classroom, scientific laboratory, even a TV news studio) and that done by means of going TO the subject under study (whether it's a breaking news story, an archaeological dig, or an interesting ecosystem).\nIn news reports, they speak of "reporters in the field" to distinguish them from the anchors in the studio.\nI would guess the phrase might date to Linnaeus' time... the famous biologist who would gather samples of different plant species literally from the field (in the meantime studying their habitat etc) and, back in his laboratory, painstakingly catalogue the phenotypic differences and attempt to classify each plant by how closely it appeared to be related to others.\nAny excursion made in this manner, to gather information at the source, eventually became commonly described as a field trip, even though it may not necessarily involve an actual field.
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The argument form of 'row' is NOT pronounced the same as the form meaning 'to row a boat'.. it is pronounced to rhyme with NOW or COW.
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I think it's strange, too.\nIt sounds very colloquial.  You either "are" missing, or you're not... "going" doesn't seem to have anything to do with it.\n\nYou go dancing... not missing.
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The correct use would be "on the weekends."\n\nI use to play beach volley on the weekends.\n\nHope I helped. :)
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Yes, people in the UK use 'ain't'!!\n\nBut I think you'll have trouble proving that it's an American expression - cockney kids have been saying it for centuries!!
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That came from the farmland.Farmers work on their own machinery.When they tear a piece of equipment down they have to keep track of the nuts and bolts so they can put it back together.It was a long trip to town to try to find a new bolt or nut.Thus the phrase Nuts and Bolts.It has become as you know to be used in many different ways.
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Both "in" and "at" are prepositions. The link below helps explain the differences between these two prepositions. \n\nAlso, my English teach in middle school taught a way to remember which words are prepositions and how they describe how noun is being affected by a verb. She used the nouns "ball" and "barn" and a past tense form of "throw":\n\nI threw the ball AT the barn\nI threw the ball THROUGH the barn\nI threw the ball IN the barn\n\nAnyway, you get the idea.  More about this is in the second link.\n\nAnd I don't agree with carninuz because you CAN be IN New York, because you can be within the state's boundaries.\n\nThere are times where you could, technically, say either.  You are IN the movie theater. You are AT the movie theater.  You met AT a club. You met IN a club.  IN tends to imply, however, that you are physically contained within the confines of a space or boundary.  When it comes to places, you generally meet IN a town, state, city, region, country (St. Alban's, Montana, Washington County, France)... but meet AT a building, landmark, mobile item (Trump Tower, The Washington Monument, the car). And maybe THAT was what the other guy meant.\n\nI hope that, between these two links and my nutty explanation, you gain a better understanding of those two words. Good luck.
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on hiatus.\n\nif you use "in", it implies that you are inside a hiatus.... which isnt really possible now is it?
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both actually.. u can use 'at' when u wanna say wher u and someone must meet.... (hey..let's meet at the amusement park..) or  "he works at the amusement park."anyway there are a lot of uses 4 at aside frm those..\nfor 'in' ...it's used when ur very particular of the location which is.. inside..
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no. "ain't" is not a real word in the English vocabulary. But it is still used. Different places make up and use new words, but they are not proper English.