Oct. 19, 2021
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Which one is correct? what is different between them?
1. At the last hour of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do.
2. At the end of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do.
3. Cows live most countries 'in the world and give us most of milk that we drink.
4. Cows live most countries 'of the world and give us most of milk that we drink.
5. They often fish 'at the end' of their garden.
6. They often fish 'from the end' of their garden.
Help me to understand English! ☘️
Which one is correct?
wWhat is different between them?
Thanks for your questions. I don't want to get too wrapped up in grammar explanations here (someone else might do that for you(!), but i can give suggestions as to what sounds natural to a native speaker of English. I hope that is ok.
1. At the last hour of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do.
1. In the last hour of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do.
2. At the end of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do.
This sentence seems ok. Consider also:
At the end of the school day, Paul's teacher ... .
3. Cows live most countries 'in the world and give us most of milk that we drink.
3. Cows live in most countries of the world, and give us most of the milk that we drink.
4. Cows live most countries 'of the world and give us most of milk that we drink.
See above.
5. They often fish 'at the end' of their garden.
This sentence seems ok. You're just saying in which part of the garden they do their fishing: not at the start of the garden, or at its middle, but at its end.
6. They often fish 'from the end' of their garden.
This also seems ok. It differs a little bit from the sentence above in that the word "from" is like saying "out of". They are taking fish out of the end part of the garden, as if the end part of the garden has a pond or similar water area from which fish may be obtained! However, the distinction with the sentence above seems quite small as far as the overall meaning is concerned.
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Your questions involve asking about what is the more appropriate preposition for a particular sentence. I think that in most languages the appropriate use of prepositions is always a difficult thing to learn, each language having its own particular way of dealing with them. English is no exception!
It is said that English is one of the easier languages to learn because it has no grammatical gender, has no adjectival agreement and does not get too concerned about structuring noun cases (declensions) or verb conjugations. However, English is full of "rule" exceptions/ irregularities and seems at times to show a tendency to "illogical" usage. Compound this with the differences that exist between the two major types of world English (USA vs UK and the commonwealth countries) and these issues in themselves perhaps make the language more difficult to learn to fluency level.
However, don't despair, for you have the excellent LangCorrect resource to help you!
Please let me know if you would like to have any further suggestions.
Sincerely,
mjm
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what is different between them?
Thanks for your questions. I don't want to get too wrapped up in grammar explanations here (someone else might do that for you(!), but i can give suggestions as to what sounds natural to a native speaker of English. I hope that is ok. |
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1. At the last hour of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do. 1. At the last hour of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do. 1. In the last hour of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do. |
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2. At the end of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do. 2. At the end of school, Paul's teacher gave the children some homework to do. This sentence seems ok. Consider also: At the end of the school day, Paul's teacher ... . |
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3. Cows live most countries 'in the world and give us most of milk that we drink. 3. Cows live most countries 'in the world and give us most of milk that we drink. 3. Cows live in most countries of the world, and give us most of the milk that we drink. |
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4. Cows live most countries 'of the world and give us most of milk that we drink. 4. Cows live most countries 'of the world and give us most of milk that we drink. See above. |
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5. They often fish 'at the end' of their garden. 5. They often fish 'at the end' of their garden. This sentence seems ok. You're just saying in which part of the garden they do their fishing: not at the start of the garden, or at its middle, but at its end. |
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6. They often fish 'from the end' of their garden. 6. They often fish 'from the end' of their garden. This also seems ok. It differs a little bit from the sentence above in that the word "from" is like saying "out of". They are taking fish out of the end part of the garden, as if the end part of the garden has a pond or similar water area from which fish may be obtained! However, the distinction with the sentence above seems quite small as far as the overall meaning is concerned. |
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