Pick up from or in

[Ju]

1. I will not go to work tomorrow as I need to pick up my son from the airport.

2. I will not go to work tomorrow as I need to pick up my son in the airport.

Are the above sentences correct in the same meaning?

 

[GoesStation]

Number 1 is possible. Number 2 is only possible if you're planning to go inside the airport and lift your son off the ground.

The most natural preposition here is at.

 

[Ju]

Number 1 is possible. Number 2 is only possible if you're planning to go inside the airport and lift your son off the ground.

The most natural preposition here is at.

I'm sorry. I don't understand what do you mean on number two sentence.

 

[GoesStation]

2. I will not go to work tomorrow as I need to pick up my son in the airport.

I'm sorry. I don't understand what [STRIKE]do[/STRIKE] you mean about sentence [STRIKE]on[/STRIKE] number two [STRIKE]sentence[/STRIKE].

You are "in the airport" when you have walked into the building. "Pick up" can mean "lift off of the floor". Therefore sentence 2 means you have to walk into the airport and lift your son off the floor.

 

[tedmc]

That is the literal meaning of pick up, as in picking up litter from the floor.

 

[Ju]

You are "in the airport" when you have walked into the building. "Pick up" can mean "lift off of the floor". Therefore sentence 2 means you have to walk into the airport and lift your son off the floor.

So, does it mean sentence no. one and the one you corrected mean the same?

 

[GoesStation]

So, does it mean sentence no. one and the one you corrected mean the same?

Please paste in the two sentences.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, we would say "... I have to pick my son up from the airport". That suggests that he is going to arrive on a flight and you are going to collect him after he comes through Immigration and Customs.