You say ' at the corner' or 'on the corner' when you are talking about streets
The car was parked at the corner of the street.
There's a telephone box on the corner
You say 'in the corner' when you are talking about a room
She put the chair in the corner of the room
3. You use 'in' when you are talking about place as an area. You use 'in' with :
- a country or geographical region
When i was in Spain, it was terribly cold
A thousand homes in the east of Scotland suffered power cuts.
- a city, town, or village
I've been teaching at the college in London.
- a building when you are talking about people or things inside it.
They were sitting having dinner in the restaurant .
You also 'in' with containers of any kind when talking about things inside them.
She kept the cards in a little box.
4. Compare the use of 'at' and 'in' in these examples
- I had a hard day at the office. {'at' emphasizes the office as a public place or institution }
- I left my coat behind in the office. { 'in' emphasizes the office as a building}.
- There's a good film at the cinema. {'at' emphasizes the cinema as a public place }
- It was very cold in the cinema {'in' emphasizes the cinema as a building }
5. When talking about addresses , you use 'at' when you give the house number, and 'in' when you just give the name of the street.
They use to live at 5, Weston Road.
She got a job in Oxford Street.
Note that American English uses 'on' : He live on Penn Street.'
You use 'at' when you are talking about someone's house.
I'll see you at Fred house.
6. You use 'on' when you are talking about a place as a surface. You can also use 'on top of'.
I sat down on the sofa
She put her keys on top of the television.
You also use 'on' when you are thinking of a place as a point on a line, such as a road. a railway line, a river, or a coastline.
Scrabster is on the north coast
Oxford is on the A34 between Birmingham and London.
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