sábado, 26 de julio de 2014

So which preposition should we use with the verb 'to arrive': in or at?

The preposition that comes after ‘arrive’ is often problematic. Even native speakers have trouble with this. If we are talking about arriving in a specific place name such as a village, region, country, city, park then we must utilise the preposition ‘in’. For example, ‘the England rugby team arrived in South Africa last night’ or ‘we arrived in Rotterdam yesterday’ or ‘she will arrive in the village of West Harting later’. So, when we mention the name of a specific place (village, town, city, county, country…) then we must use ‘in’ with the verb ‘to arrive’. Should the place where we arrive not be a city, village, county etc then we must utilise the preposition ‘at’. For example, ‘I arrived at the police station half an hour ago’ or ‘she will shortly arrive at the cinema’ or ‘he has already arrived at work’ or ‘when will we arrive at Madrid bus terminal?’ Note in the last example that the generic place supersedes the specific place (Madrid) with regard to the implementation of the preposition.

Separate from this is the phrase 'to arrive at a decision'. This is not to be confused with the above.
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