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by brezelgoring
1727 days ago
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Sorry, this isn't going to be much help but that kind of intuition only comes with experience. I can offer some insight, I think. 'at' denotes location or time, you could say 'I am at the hospital' and you mean that you're there but it does not give away involvement, while 'in' does. With 'in' you denote purpose, things are 'in' a box, because they are in storage. You saying 'I am in the hospital' gives away you are a patient, visitor, employee, or you have a particular reason to visit it. Note that these can mix, saying 'I am at the store' can mean that you're there to buy stuff, but not necessarily. Depends on the context of the conversation and your relationship to the other person. Most of these (again) come with experience, I think, but the English StackExchange site can offer some more insight I am sure. |
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