The Ultimate Guide to English Prepositions AT IN BY
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to cover three prepositions in this
lesson I’m going to talk about how to
use in at and by this lesson is going to
cover basic preposition rules so I’m
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take a look today I’m going to cover
three prepositions I’m going to talk
about the preposition in the preposition
at and the preposition by so in each
part of today’s lesson I’m going to talk
about location or position uses and time
uses
then maybe a little bit of other stuff
too so we’re going to cover these three
things today let us begin
oops okay so we’re gonna start today
with the preposition in in let’s begin
by talking about the preposition in but
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started this is the first part locations
so let’s talk about how to use in with
locations so the first use of in I want
to talk about is when you use it before
city and country names so here are a few
examples of this like I’m in Vietnam or
he’s in South America or we’re in
Australia so again you can also use it
with a continent so continent is like in
this case South America or in North
America or Europe or Africa whatever use
this before city and country names to
talk about the place like you are
visiting so I’ve note I’ve noted here
use this when you’re visiting a place so
when you’re traveling when you’re
traveling somewhere you can say like I’m
in that place or as I’ve got here he’s
in that place when you want to talk
about the place where you live you
should probably use the verb live like
he sorry I live in something something
it sounds a little unnatural to say I’m
in to talk about a place to where you
always are I mean there are some cases
but if you want to express specifically
the place where you live
it’s a little clearer to say I live in
some place okay that so this is the use
of in here with locations I want to note
this part right here though it’s a
little still a little bit right oh
that’s interesting today this part right
here it’s may be hard to read it says
he’s in the hospital versus he’s at the
hospital these two sentences I know are
very very similar they are both correct
he’s in the hospital though means he’s
sick so if someone is in the hospital it
means they have been hospitalized they
are sick and receiving treatment so this
means someone is staying at the hospital
like to get medical care this one he’s
at the hospital means he is visiting the
hospital so or this could be for like
you know a doctor that is working there
too so at the hospital means visiting in
the hospital means they are sick the
person is sick so please note this is
one example of a case where the
preposition is really important okay
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let’s go to a time so using the
preposition in to talk about time we do
this by using in before a length of time
to express duration so duration duration
means how long something is so some
examples of this
let’s meet in 15 minutes so this means
15 minutes from now let’s meet or he
cooked dinner in 1 hour this sentence
means it took him one hour to cook
dinner or we’re leaving for vacation in
5 days this part that means 5 days from
this point we are going to leave for
vacation one more the test results will
be ready in 2 months
this means 2 months from now the test
results will be ready so in shows a
length of time or is used before a
length of time to express how long
something took or how long something is
going to take yeah we also have this
expression or these expressions within
we say in the morning in the afternoon
and in the evening we use in with these
expressions we use at for night so
please make sure don’t use in the night
really we say at night
slamming Canadian on YouTube says I’m so
confused with prepositions what do I do
steady like you’re doing now the best
thing to do study and practice ok I’m
looking for your examples Karapetyan on
facebook says i’m in home or i’m at home
at home i am at home always used at home
I’m at home I’m at home now so please
use at home I’m going to talk about at
next David says we will go in 15 minutes
is it correct yes that it is
schematically correct yes it is use in
ok other examples are uh says should I
use in time or I’m on time it depends
they’re both correct
there is a video on the channel about
that I will try to I’ll try to share a
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livestream after that about in time
versus on time they’re both correct it
depends on what you want to use okay
let’s go to next the next part is about
position so let’s talk about how to use
in with position to express a position
so we use in before an object so you can
see an object or a place to express that
something is inside something else so
for example my keys are in my bag so
that means my keys are inside my bag or
we’re in a cave we are in a cave that
means we are inside a cave many of you
have written I’m in bed right now
perfect yes we use in bed in bed okay or
I found $50 in my pocket so in all of
these examples sentences we use in to
talk about the thing that we are inside
so we’re expressing that feeling of
inside something else okay finally one
more point here over here on this part
we use in to talk about position sorry
position as like rank the rank of
something and by that I mean for example
we won first place in the competition
first place in the competition so that
means like inside the competition we had
this position we use in to talk about
that we got first place in the
competition so this is how we use in the
preposition in this is a basic you can
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we also say on the bed yes if you are
sitting on top of your bed for example
like reading a book or checking your
phone or something yes you can say I’m
on my bed when
you are under the covers you say in I’m
in bed I’m in bed okay other questions
other questions speak in English or
speak by speak in English we use in to
talk about languages I speak in English
please
speak in Spanish so or just or just
remove the preposition there - okay many
of you are sending me should I use in or
after on here the answer sometimes is
all of them it depends on what you want
to say so that’s what we’re going to
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and next I’m going to talk about at and
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let’s continue to part two for today
part two is the preposition at the
preposition at let’s new alright
what do we do with at okay so as we
talked about with in we’re going to look
at how to use at with locations and with
time expression so first at we use at to
express a place where something happens
or to express like our current position
so many of you wrote like do I say in
home are at home use at home at home so
when you want to talk about your current
position current position means the
place where you are now or the place
where someone is now when you want to
express that news at I’m at home he’s at
work I’m at the office that we use at to
do that
other examples I’m at the bank or she’s
at work or they’re at a concert or he’s
at the supermarket we are at a party I’m
at home so you’ll notice with this one
right here we’re at a party party is not
like a physical it’s not a building but
we use at with events same thing with
this one they’re at a concert yeah so
it’s it’s a temporary place like an
event but we still use at in that case
now Liam says I’m at the press meet now
yeah press meet usually at least in
American English we say press conference
press conference or me I suppose maybe
press meeting okay good I want to point
out this though this is good I think a
good point another one of those kind of
strange situations many
people asked about something like this
use in if it is important to express
being inside a location so like this
example right here
the suspect is in the bank versus I saw
my boss at the bank so like why do we
use in here why do we use out there
let’s imagine this sentence the suspect
so suspect means the person we think did
a crime or committed a crime
the person we think committed a crime is
in the bank so imagine like the police
said this sentence it’s important to
mention they think the suspect is inside
the bank so in is used in that sentence
to express inside here I saw my boss at
the bank so it’s not important to
mention my boss was inside the bank I
just want to express the location I saw
my boss it’s not important to describe
whether they were inside or outside the
bank it’s just a general statement so we
use at in that case okay good Oh
Daniel on Facebook says actually I work
at like your company name yes when you
want to talk about a company as well use
this same location rule so I work at
company name I work at Apple or I work
at Google you can also use for to do
that I’m not going to talk about for
today I don’t have I don’t have time and
resources but you can use for to do that
ok good let’s continue to time
expressions with at time expressions
with that so when you use at use it
before a time of day to express
and something happened or when something
will happen so this can be a past action
it can be a future action it can be a
regular action how do you know what it
is
check the verb tense to know if it’s a
past future or a regular action so let’s
look at examples let’s meet at 2:00 p.m.
so this one let’s meet let’s meet in
other words let us meet this is a future
situation so making it a suggestion I
had coffee at 10:30 past tense had so
this is a finished action I had coffee
at 10:30
or he took a break at noon so noon means
12:00 p.m. so yes I used 2 p.m. or 10:30
you can also use a word here noon he
took a break at noon or this one
I read books at night I read books at
night this is a regular action we know
that because it’s present tense we use
present tense to express regular actions
I ate ice cream at midnight
I ate ice cream at midnight again this
is a past example ate past tense and
midnight means 12 o’clock at night 12
o’clock at night so we use before we use
act before a time of day to express the
point in time something happen this is
how we use the preposition that basic
use of the preposition at yes there are
I’m not talking about phrasal verbs
today but there all of these
prepositions are used in phrasal verbs
but there’s not like an easy rule to
talk about so we’re just gonna use basic
rules for these today Raphael on YouTube
says our night time and at night the
same thing can I use them
interchangeably they
refer to like the same time period yes
but they have different grammatical
functions so like I would say I sleep at
night but I would not say I sleep night
time hmm
so we have to make different we have to
make different sentence structures to
use this alrighty I’m looking for your
questions in time and on time so again
I’ve made a video about this before with
lots of examples I’ll put a link in the
in the description after this live
lesson in time means you arrive with
enough time to do something on time
means you do something at the scheduled
time that’s a very quick introduction so
again I’ll put a link in the description
after this with some more examples at
the end or in the end both again it
depends on what you want to say so at
the end means at the int like at the
endpoint of something in the end means
like eventually or after many struggles
ok
some examples are coming in strong hello
on facebook says I went to the bank at 9
a.m. yesterday perfect good
dawn says hi I work at a matança hotel
is it correct yes good you can use app
for your company’s good Esteban says at
Christmas or on Christmas ah for
holidays I’m not covering on today we
use on on before holidays ok I’m at home
now is that correct yes yes I think I
mentioned it yeah I mentioned the
expression at home here I’m at home
please always use at home I’m at home
not in home at home I’m at home
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so I talked about preposition in to
begin we just finished the preposition
at finally I’m going to talk about the
preposition by now so this will be the
last one for today we’re going to
compare a little bit with the other
prepositions I talked about so let’s
continue
okay let’s continue to the final part of
today’s lesson so Joan okay
preposition by again let’s begin by
talking about locations and positions
with the preposition by so we use by
before a place or an object to mean near
was okay so many people asked what’s the
difference between by and near by sounds
less formal in American English near
sounds maybe slightly it’s a really
small difference near sounds a little
tiny bit more formal so you can use near
in this sentence for example my house is
by the school and my house is near the
school it mean the same thing or your
bag is by the door your bag is near the
door so by is more commonly used just in
everyday conversation okay someone wrote
by note by is not important by is very
important okay next is I think I left my
coffee by my laptop you’ll notice in a
sentence like this especially it’s like
by just means somewhere near it doesn’t
mean like next to or on top of or
something like that it’s like just
somewhere near something else so it’s
not a very specific
quert okay one more can you put the
dishes by the sink please
so again by here just means somewhere
near the sink so again we use by before
a place or an object to mean near that
thing
Lucas on youtube says can I use I live
by someone yeah you can say like I live
by my friend
or I live by my boss or I live by person
perfect okay next one
okay Oh Shia Xiang I hope I’m saying
your name right on Facebook says I stay
by myself when you use the expression by
myself
it means alone so like I study by myself
or I live by myself
please use by in that expression thank
you for that okay let’s go to the next
one next part is time this right here I
hope that this is the one this is the
point that a lot of you practice from
today’s lesson using by before a point
in time to express a deadline or an
endpoint I have made a video about the
difference between by and until it is on
the YouTube channel please check it in
this very good homework for everybody
this week we use this to express a
deadline many learners mix up by and
until so let’s talk about this very
important point here example one I have
to finish this report by tomorrow by
tomorrow so we cannot use until in this
sentence it is not correct to use until
in this sentence when we use by it’s
kind of like this imagine this blue line
this is a time line from past to future
by marks the endpoint to do something
our deadline our last chance to do
something when we say I have to finish
this report by tomorrow it means I can
finish the report before tomorrow that’s
great that’s fine but this point
tomorrow is my last chance
to do this I cannot use unto
I cannot use them till we use until like
when we want to talk about like a change
in something mmm like I’m not going to
leave until I finish my report means
there’s a change happening there so I’ll
put a link to the bye and until video in
this after at the live lesson another
example he has to leave by 2:00 p.m. to
catch a flight he has to leave by 2:00
p.m. to catch a flight
so again 2 p.m. is the deadline to catch
a flight so he must leave by 2:00 p.m.
he has to leave before this time is also
ok but this is the deadline 2 p.m. hmm
ok
no Limon YouTube broke Jimmy Alisha has
to finish this livestream by 15 minutes
please be careful we cannot use by with
a length of time we have to use by with
a point in time so a length of time is
15 minutes or 1 hour or 30 days those
are lengths of time we have to use by
with a point in time tomorrow 2:00 p.m.
midnight these are specific points in
time we cannot use by with a link every
time okay last one let’s leave the party
by midnight
let’s leave the party by midnight so
again we can leave the party before
midnight but midnight is our deadline to
leave the party all right let’s see
I says I have to start my homework by
midday yes great great example totally
correct
MTA enthusiasts says the NJ Transit
train will arrive at ho ho by tomorrow
yes okay good good good good
before of tomorrow it’s wrong I’m not
sure what you mean by before of tomorrow
like today hmm Oh
or maybe just before tomorrow like I
need to finish something before tomorrow
that is okay
no of in that one okay um all right I
don’t see other questions so let’s
continue - oh I’m late
let’s continue to the last point then I
want to compare these two sentences
because this is another very common
problem that I see with learner’s she’ll
be in the office at 10 a.m.
versus she’ll be in the office by 10
a.m. both of these sentences are correct
it depends on what you want to say this
one she’ll be in the office at 10 a.m.
means at the scheduled time so that
means at 10 a.m. at 10 a.m. at this time
the schedule time she will be in the
office she but maybe she’s going to
arrive at 10 a.m. this sentence means
she’ll be in the office by 10 a.m. means
before 10 a.m. is also possible so maybe
9:45 a.m. is also possible 10 a.m. is
the deadline so maybe she’s going to get
to the office earlier both of these
sentences are correct but they
communicate slightly different things by
does not mean the same thing as at no it
does not mean the same thing as at
please review this lesson for the
differences between by and out I’ll show
you the lesson boards later boom okay Oh
someone says can I say pay by visa yes
you use by to mark like a payment method
we also use with I want to pay with my
visa pay by visa what is the difference
between do it yourself or do it by
yourself
do-it-yourself means you please take
care of it like it can mean you one
person or maybe you as a group do it by
yourself is a command to do something
alone that’s the difference there okay
lots of examples are coming in um
Mohammed on Facebook says I travel by
car your sentence should be I travel by
car yes we use by to mark a mode of
transportation I travel by car I travel
by train
I traveled by bicycle whatever yeah to
mark a transportation mode hmm I have to
finish my report at 5 a.m. okay that
could work
Waleed I hope I said that right mm-hmm
all right some good examples everybody
has good examples he has to take a taxi
by 9 p.m. to stay at work hmm this the
first part of your sentence was good
Kyle oh he has to take a taxi by 10 by 9
p.m. to do something usually like to
catch a flight or to be in time for work
maybe okay all right I have to finish
yeah I’m late so we’ll end there I hope
that this lesson was helpful for you I
will show you today’s lesson topics
again one more time so you can take a
look at today’s topic we covered the
preposition in the preposition act and
the preposition by I hope that it was
helpful for you I will go after this
lesson ends I will put a link to the bye
versus until video and a video about the
difference between in time and on time
in the description so please give me a
couple minutes after this livestream
ends to add that information there I’ll
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week same time same channel next week’s
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May 27th May 27th
10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time that is
Wednesday now-ish I’m going to talk
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requested conditional statements so
first second third conditional what is
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