“at his shop” vs. “in his shop”: which is correct in this sentence? [on hold]
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I am in a conversation with Mr. X at his shop.
I am in a conversation with Mr. X in his shop.
Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
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I am in a conversation with Mr. X at his shop.
I am in a conversation with Mr. X in his shop.
Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
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They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
– KillingTime
2 days ago
Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
– gnasher729
yesterday
Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
– Padma
yesterday
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I am in a conversation with Mr. X at his shop.
I am in a conversation with Mr. X in his shop.
Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
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I am in a conversation with Mr. X at his shop.
I am in a conversation with Mr. X in his shop.
Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
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word-choice grammaticality prepositions
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They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
– KillingTime
2 days ago
Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
– gnasher729
yesterday
Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
– Padma
yesterday
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They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
– KillingTime
2 days ago
Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
– gnasher729
yesterday
Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
– Padma
yesterday
They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
– KillingTime
2 days ago
They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
– KillingTime
2 days ago
Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
– gnasher729
yesterday
Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
– gnasher729
yesterday
Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
– Padma
yesterday
Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
– Padma
yesterday
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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.
I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:
I am conversing with Mr. X...
then you may consider:
...at his shop.
or
...in his shop.
In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.
So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.
Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.
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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.
I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:
I am conversing with Mr. X...
then you may consider:
...at his shop.
or
...in his shop.
In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.
So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.
Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.
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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.
I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:
I am conversing with Mr. X...
then you may consider:
...at his shop.
or
...in his shop.
In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.
So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.
Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.
answered yesterday
CarlyCarly
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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.
I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:
I am conversing with Mr. X...
then you may consider:
...at his shop.
or
...in his shop.
In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.
So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.
Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.
answered yesterday
CarlyCarly
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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.
I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:
I am conversing with Mr. X...
then you may consider:
...at his shop.
or
...in his shop.
In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.
So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.
Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:
I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.
answered yesterday
CarlyCarly
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answered yesterday
CarlyCarly
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answered yesterday
CarlyCarly
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answered yesterday
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They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
– KillingTime
2 days ago
Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
– gnasher729
yesterday
Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
– Padma
yesterday