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- 05-Feb-2012, 07:20 #1
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We started at Tokyo ? "We started at Tokyo." Is "at" correct ?
And if not, what if the start would have been in a province, would "at" have been correct ?
- 05-Feb-2012, 07:56 #2
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Teacher Re: We started at Tokyo ? It might be correct, depending on the CONTEXT.
(Don't leave a space before a question mark.)
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- 05-Feb-2012, 08:15 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: We started at Tokyo ? Context : Starting from Tokyo (capital Japan) and then go somewhere else.
Originally Posted by Rover_KE 
Maybe I should use the word "in" ?
- 05-Feb-2012, 08:20 #4
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Teacher Re: We started at Tokyo ? We started (our holiday) in Tokyo, and then moved on to ...
We started from Tokyo at 08.00, and reached ...
When we decided to open up in East Asia, we started with Tokyo, and then ...Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
- 05-Feb-2012, 08:31 #5
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Teacher Re: We started at Tokyo ? . . . and those examples would apply to the name of a province, too.
- 05-Feb-2012, 13:04 #6
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Teacher Re: We started at Tokyo ? Mind you, We started at Tokyo doesn't sound wrong to me, though I would use in.
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