All the students of/at/in this school....

[Banglardon]

Which one is correct?


1- All the students of this schools are hereby notified that the annual sports event will be organised in the next month.

2- All the students at this schools are hereby notified that the annual sports event will be organised in the next month.

3- All the students in this schools are hereby notified that the annual sports event will be organised in the next month.


And another example:

4- All the students in my class are very humble.

5- All the students of my class are very humble.

 

[teechar]

Do you actually intend to use any of those, or is this just an exercise?

 

[Rover_KE]

Good question, teechar.

The notice would just say

THE ANNUAL SPORTS EVENT WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH.

 

[Banglardon]

Do you actually intend to use any of those, or is this just an exercise?

This is an exercise basically. Actually I can't decide which preposition should I use here. I would write them in the simplest form as Rover suggested.

 

[Banglardon]

Good question, teechar.

The notice would just say

THE ANNUAL SPORTS EVENT WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH.

I know it is the simplest. But my question is different. Should I use in, at or of in those sentences? These sentences were given as examples though they were lengthy and verbose I think.

 

[Rover_KE]

1. All the students of this school (not 'schools') ... :tick:

4. All the students in my class are very humble. :tick:

(That must be a first in the history of class-based education.)

 

[jutfrank]

Perhaps we should leave example sentences 1-3 aside.

We talk about people being at school when we want to talk about them being formally registered as students. Therefore, it's likely that any notice written by a school administration would also use at, if context demanded it.

As for your question about sentences 4 and 5, there's a simple answer— use only in.

 

[Banglardon]

Perhaps we should leave example sentences 1-3 aside.

We talk about people being at school when we want to talk about them being formally registered as students. Therefore, it's likely that any notice written by a school administration would also use at, if context demanded it.

As for your question about sentences 4 and 5, there's a simple answer— use only in.

Thank you. So are both 'all the students of this school are...' and 'all the students at this school are...' correct?

 

[jutfrank]

You mean in your example sentence? No, don't use either. Don't use any preposition and delete this schools.

All students are hereby notified that the annual sports event will be organised in the next month.

If your question concerns a more general use of prepositions, rather than this particular sentence, then please make that clear.

 

[Banglardon]

You mean in your example sentence? No, don't use either. Don't use any preposition and delete this schools.

All students are hereby notified that the annual sports event will be organised in the next month.

If your question concerns a more general use of prepositions, rather than this particular sentence, then please make that clear.

Ok teacher. Which one should use in the following sentences?


- All the students at this school are very hardworking.


- All the students of this school are very hardworking.

 

[Tdol]

Thank you. So are both 'all the students of this school are...' and 'all the students at this school are...' correct?

Just because an example may be correct, it doesn't follow that it is universally correct. They're may be differences in different contexts. Please try to read the distinctions and nuances people are offering. Many grammars offer brute force formulae. Usage is often softer and more subtle- it may seem less clear-cut, but it's a better guide.

 

[jutfrank]

Ok teacher. Which one should use in the following sentences?


- All the students at this school are very hardworking.


- All the students of this school are very hardworking.

The first one, with at.