Preposition In

In is used for position inside large areas, and in three-dimensional space.

• She grew up in Switzerland.
• He is in the office.
• Let us go for a walk in the woods.
• My father lives in Canada.
• I first met her in a shop.
• He works in an insurance company.
• When did you arrive in New Zealand?

We use in with street names.

• She lives in Albert Street.

In is also used to talk about the position of things which form part of a line.

• There is a misprint in line 6 on page 12.
• Who is the good-looking boy in the sixth row?

Time

We use in with parts of the day.

• I work best in the morning.
• We usually go out in the afternoon.

In the night means during one particular night.

• I had to get up in the night.

We also use in with longer periods.

• I was born in May.
• Kent is beautiful in spring.
• He died in 1995.

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