Aamir Tariq
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- Mar 28, 2016
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- Interested in Language
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- Urdu
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- Pakistan
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- Pakistan
We normally say "I go to work at 8:30 in the morning".
Are you going to work today?
She didn't go to work today she was sick.
Now the question is if we want to replace the word "work" with the word "duty", so what preposition will we use "to" or "on"?
1. He goes to his duty at 9 in the morning.
(Sounds a bit unnatural to me, It should have rather been "He goes to perform his duty at 9 in the morning".
2. He goes on duty at 9 in the morning.
("He is supposed to be on duty" would sound more natural but I am asking about the situation when you leave home and head towards your place of work).
3. He goes at his duty at 9 in the morning. (We normally say "He is at work).
We say
He is at work, He is at the office. (We don't say "He is on work").
He is on duty. (We don't say "He is at his duty").
So we use different prepositions when we talk about different actions that are being performed.
He is going to work. He is at work.
So tell me bout this.
He is going to/on/at his duty. He is on duty.
Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen
Are you going to work today?
She didn't go to work today she was sick.
Now the question is if we want to replace the word "work" with the word "duty", so what preposition will we use "to" or "on"?
1. He goes to his duty at 9 in the morning.
(Sounds a bit unnatural to me, It should have rather been "He goes to perform his duty at 9 in the morning".
2. He goes on duty at 9 in the morning.
("He is supposed to be on duty" would sound more natural but I am asking about the situation when you leave home and head towards your place of work).
3. He goes at his duty at 9 in the morning. (We normally say "He is at work).
We say
He is at work, He is at the office. (We don't say "He is on work").
He is on duty. (We don't say "He is at his duty").
So we use different prepositions when we talk about different actions that are being performed.
He is going to work. He is at work.
So tell me bout this.
He is going to/on/at his duty. He is on duty.
Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen