[Grammar] IN the cemetery vs AT the cemetery

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nordway

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'She was buried AT the local cemetery.'
'Strange events occur IN the cemetery at midnight.'
Why two different prepositions are used in these sentencies?
 

Rover_KE

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I'd use in in both cases, though at is acceptable in #2.
 
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