Please help me with the prepositions
1) We’ll be here until / by Friday.
Why "until" is correct? Why can't I use "by"?
2) On Tuesday morning, I’m going in I to town to put some money into / onto my bank account.
Why "into" is correct?
Thank you!
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We have different preposition!
Preposition of time - On, in, at
Preposition of place - On, to, at, in
PRESPOSITION OF PLACE
On - We use ON to indicate something that's on!
'The book is on the table' - it's correct
In - We use IN to indicate a fisic space
'My painting is in the living room' - it's correct.
a fisic space would be like a inside of a house or some place close!
at - We use AT to indicate where person or something is. a specific place!
'Are you at the airport?'
To- We use TO to indicate a person in movement
Have you been to Brazil? - it's correctly, we never use IN BRAZIL
PREPOSITION OF TIME
ON - We use to indicate days of the week or we'll see in years
ON SATURDAY
IN - We use IN to indicate year, days of celebration
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If you are there UNTIL Friday... you are THERE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but leaving Friday morning probably.
If you are going to be there BY Friday then you are ARRIVING sometime that week, perhaps Wednesday or Thursday. Certainly by Friday you will be there.
They are almost OPPOSITES of each other.
You put money INTO/IN your bank/bank account. A bank is a bit like a BOX you can put things IN.
You can put money ON/ONTO your phone card/cashcard - it's not easy to put it IN a card, but you can put things ON it.
Does it help to think of it this way?????
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Using until in that sentence means that you are in the location and that you will leave on Friday. Using by in that sentence changes the meaning to you not being in the location, but you will arrive no later than Friday.
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into my bank account is correct because into means something is going to be deposite in it
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into my bank account is correct because into means something is going to be deposite in it
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