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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