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In/at/on (position) (1)
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in a room / in a building in the water in a row / in a line in a garden / in a park in the ocean in a town / in a country in a river • There's no one in the room / in the building / in the store. • The children are playing in the garden / in the park. • When we were in Italy, we spent a few days in Venice. (not at Venice) • Robert lives in a small village in the mountains. • She keeps her money in her bag / in her purse. • What do you have in your hand / in your mouth? • Look at that girl swimming in the water / in the ocean / in the river! • When I go to the movies, I prefer to sit in the front row. • Have you read this article in the newspaper? Note that we say: (sit) in an armchair (b ut on a chair) in a photograph / in a picture / in a mirror
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• Who is the woman in that photograph? (not on that photograph) • It was a beautiful day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. • Don't sit in that armchair. It's broken. In (the) front of In (the) back of
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• The car is in front of the truck. (but not in the truck!) • The truck is in back of (= behind) the car. (but not in the car!) • The woman is in the front ofthe car. (in the car) • The man is in the back (of the car). (in the car) We say in the front/ in the back of a car, room, theater, group of people, etc.: \'1'\ 'oQ,c.~ • I was sitting in the back of the car when we crashed. • Let's sit in the front (ofthe theater). <iiY O~alitA • John was s~anding in the back ofthe crowd. ~~~-~dJ but: on the front/back of a pIece of paper, photograph, envelope, ~ etc.: Write your name on the back of this piece of paper. TfJr.JJ-v(~'fJJ}
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