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Is there any difference between using in/or/at the corner of ? ... _ the corner of street A and street B. My guess for this one is at, ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. in/on/atthecorner Threadstarter lapetitebiquette Startdate Jan22,2010 L lapetitebiquette SeniorMember Switzerland french Isthereanydifferencebetweenusingin/or/atthecornerof? Ifyes,couldyougivemeafewexamples,please? Thankyou   UncleBob SeniorMember Hungary BritishEnglish Hello, Ithinkthat"in"isusedwhenitinvolvessomethinginsidefoursides/corners(e.g.aroom). "Thechildwastoldtostandinthecorneroftheroom." For"on"and"at"Idon'tthinkthereisadifference.InfactIhadtocheckupmyexampletoseewhichoftheseitwas! "I'mleaningonalamppost Atthecornerofthestreet Incaseacertainlittleladycomesby."(GeorgeFormby,1937)(Showsmyage?!)   L lapetitebiquette SeniorMember Switzerland french UncleBobsaid: Hello, Ithinkthat"in"isusedwhenitinvolvessomethinginsidefoursides/corners(e.g.aroom). "Thechildwastoldtostandinthecorneroftheroom." For"on"and"at"Idon'tthinkthereisadifference.InfactIhadtocheckupmyexampletoseewhichoftheseitwas! "I'mleaningonalamppost Atthecornerofthestreet Incaseacertainlittleladycomesby."(GeorgeFormby,1937)(Showsmyage?!) Clicktoexpand... ThankyouverymuchUncleBob.Iwouldsaythatitshowsyourexperience;-)   S softserve Member Taiwan/VietNam/Cambodia Mandarin(TraditionalChinese) Hi,aquestionthathasbeenbotheringmeforyearsisaboutwhatthecorrectprepositiontousewiththewordcorneris. Ifthesettingisinsideabuildingorahouse,whichpreposition(in,onorat)shouldiuseifiwanttosaythestandinglampisplaced_thecornerofthelivingroomorthekidsits_thecornerwithhislegscurleduptohischest,readinghisnovel. Ifitisoutsideofthehouse,perhapsonthestreet,whichprepositionishouldusetosaythatthereisanicepizzerialocated_thecornerofstreetAandstreetB.Myguessforthisoneisat,amIright? Thanksinadvance.   sdgraham SeniorMember Oregon,USA USAEnglish Therearemany,manymorethreadsregarding"corner,"whichI'msureyouknowbecauseyoufoundthisoldthread. Theproblemwith"corner"isthatthemeaningcanonlybederivedfromcontext.Acorneristheintersectionoftwoobjectsbutyoucanhaveinsidecornersandoutsidecornersandaccordingtothecontextyoucanbeinone,atoneoronone. Inhousesorclassrooms,peoplecansitinthecorner,meaningtheyarewithintheincludedangleoflessthan180degreesformedbytwowalls. Intermsofpizzerias,"at"soundsfine,but"on"mightbeused,particularlyifitfacesonbothofthestreetsformingtheangle. ThemostimportantrulewithprepositionsinEnglish,however,isthatthereisn'tany.Youjusthavetolearnusageonacase-by-casebasis.   R Ritwika Member Bengali sdgrahamsaid: Therearemany,manymorethreadsregarding"corner,"whichI'msureyouknowbecauseyoufoundthisoldthread. Theproblemwith"corner"isthatthemeaningcanonlybederivedfromcontext.Acorneristheintersectionoftwoobjectsbutyoucanhaveinsidecornersandoutsidecornersandaccordingtothecontextyoucanbeinone,atoneoronone. Inhousesorclassrooms,peoplecansitinthecorner,meaningtheyarewithintheincludedangleoflessthan180degreesformedbytwowalls. Intermsofpizzerias,"at"soundsfine,but"on"mightbeused,particularlyifitfacesonbothofthestreetsformingtheangle. ThemostimportantrulewithprepositionsinEnglish,however,isthatthereisn'tany.Youjusthavetolearnusageonacase-by-casebasis. Clicktoexpand... Well,doesthismeanthatIhavetolearnandmemorizeprepositionsdependingonaspecificsituation,ifIwanttobegoodatit!   pachanga7 SeniorMember SoutheasternU.S. English-US Ithinkit’snotthathard,actually,inthiscaseinvolvingcorners. Ifit’stheinteriorofsomespace,suchasaroom,pooltableorracetrack,youalwaysuse“in”. Ifit’ssomethingoutdoorsthatispermanentlylocatedbyoronacorner,yousay“on”. Ifyouarereferringtomovementandhumanlocationsatanoutdoorcorneryousay“at”. Herearesomeexamples: I’llmeetyouatthecorner. Turnleftatthecorner. Thelibraryisonthecornerof7thandHargrove. Thisracecarhandlesbeautifullyinthecorners.   B Barque Banned Tamil Youwon'thavetomemorisethem.Asyoukeepusingthelanguageyou'llgetafeelforwhatcomeswhere.That'sprobablywhatSDGmeantwhenhesaid"learnusageonacase-by-casebasis".   Lastedited:Dec31,2018 R Ritwika Member Bengali pachanga7said: Ithinkit’snotthathard,actually,inthiscaseinvolvingcorners. Ifit’stheinteriorofsomespace,suchasaroom,pooltableorracetrack,youalwaysuse“in”. Ifit’ssomethingoutdoorsthatispermanentlylocatedbyoronacorner,yousay“on”. Ifyouarereferringtomovementandhumanlocationsatanoutdoorcorneryousay“at”. Herearesomeexamples: I’llmeetyouatthecorner. Turnleftatthecorner. Thelibraryisonthecornerof7thandHargrove. Thisracecarhandlesbeautifullyinthecorners. Clicktoexpand... Thankyou   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top