[Grammar] When to use the preposition IN, ON, AT ???

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I am too bad in these prepositions: In, on, at.
I don't know when to use them.

For example:

"I didn't let you in/on/at beach." <------ Must I use IN, ON, or AT in this sentence?

Thank you!
:)
 
I am too bad in these prepositions: In, on, at.
I don't know when to use them.

For example:

"I didn't let you in/on/at beach." <------ Must I use IN, ON, or AT in this sentence?

Thank you!
:)

"On the beach" in that use.
 


"I didn't let you in/on/at the beach." <------ Must I use IN, ON, or AT in this sentence?

I'm not sure what you mean by 'I didn't let you in/on/at the beach'.

You could say 'I didn't see you on the beach' or 'I didn't see you at the beach.'
 
I'm not sure what you mean by 'I didn't let you in/on/at the beach'.

You could say 'I didn't see you on the beach' or 'I didn't see you at the beach.'

I assumed that the OP meant that he stopped somebody from using the beach.
 
If the OP's job is to guard the entrance to a beach, then that's fine. Otherwise, I can't see how anyone could not let someone else on the beach. I wondered if perhaps it should have been "I didn't let you go to the beach" (perhaps what a parent says to a child).
 
If the OP's job is to guard the entrance to a beach, then that's fine. Otherwise, I can't see how anyone could not let someone else on the beach. I wondered if perhaps it should have been "I didn't let you go to the beach" (perhaps what a parent says to a child).

It might also be a privately owned beach. But I agree, this is all speculation.
 
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