Hi there, what is right and what is wrong sentences? "at the zoo" or "in the zoo"
For example, If somone writes one quiestion how: Have you ever a real elephant? where?. And I have seen a real elephant... the zoo. Is right "at the zoo" or "in the zoo"

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Both.

"at the zoo" if you're talking about where you were when you saw the elephant.
"in the zoo" if you're talking about where the elephant was when you saw the elephant.

I would probably default to "at," but "in" is not wrong.

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Prepositions are the weirdest part of English. That being said, the elephant lives in the zoo AND at the zoo. Both work.

But when you went to the zoo, you were at the zoo. You never "go in the zoo."

In summary, you can't go wrong saying "at" in this case.

Hopefully that makes sense! Keep working on those prepositions!

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I will be at the zoo tomorrow.
I'm going to the zoo.
I'm at the zoo now.
I am not at the zoo now. I saw an elephant at the zoo.
A man was trying to get into the zoo without paying.
We did not have money to get in the zoo. They did not let us in.

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