PREPOSITION “ON, IN and AT”

A. Preposition ‘ON’ is used as follows:

1. Place : indicating contact with a surfaces, examples: on table, - there is a regular meeting on 2^nd floor now.

2. Place : referring to the same of a street or road. Examples: on Siliwangi Raya street, etc.

3. Time : with the days of the week, and the days of the months. Examples : on Friday, on August 23^rd, etc.

B. Preposition “IN” is used as follows :

1. Time : with the names of the months, season and years. Examples: in 1999, in February, in the winter, in the wet season, etc.

2. place : inside of something, examples: in a box, in a college town, etc

3. Time : with parts of the day or night used in a general sense, examples: in the morning, in the evening, etc.

C. Preposition “AT” is used as follows:

1. Time: fro hours or minutes; and with noon, night or midnight, examples: at half past six, at midnight, etc

2. Place : for a definite position or specified location, examples: Eva is at the bus stop now.

3. Place : referring one’s address, examples : Lina lives at JL. Kayu Besar cengkareng IV no. 331.

NOTE:

More uses PREPOSITION “on, in, at” referring to places:

· In the street, in a photograph/picture/ a mirror.

· On the left, on the right, on a small island. On the way, on the front /back of letter, on the corner of the street, etc.

· At reception desk, at the front /back of building/hall/movie/group of people, etc.

by Ilyas