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1. I am in a conversation with Mr. X at his shop.




2. I am in a conversation with Mr. X in his shop.

Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?

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  They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
  
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  Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
  
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  Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
  
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1. I am in a conversation with Mr. X at his shop.




2. I am in a conversation with Mr. X in his shop.

Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?

word-choice grammaticality prepositions

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  They can both be correct depending on the context of 'shop'.
  
  – KillingTime
  20 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Depends on where you are. “In his shop” and “at his shop” are different places.
  
  – gnasher729
  20 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thank you very much. Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?
  
  – Padma
  19 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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1. I am in a conversation with Mr. X at his shop.




2. I am in a conversation with Mr. X in his shop.

Let us assume I am inside the shop. So, in this case, the second option would be more appropriate. Is my understanding correct?

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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.

I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:

I am conversing with Mr. X...

then you may consider:

...at his shop.

or

...in his shop.

In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.

So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.

Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.

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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.

I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:

I am conversing with Mr. X...

then you may consider:

...at his shop.

or

...in his shop.

In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.

So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.

Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.

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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.

I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:

I am conversing with Mr. X...

then you may consider:

...at his shop.

or

...in his shop.

In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.

So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.

Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.

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at and in are both prepositions used to indicate, here, a location of an action.

I would suggest that for pure stylistic reasons, since you are considering "in" for the second part of the sentence, you remove "in", same preposition but used differently, for the first part of the sentence. So instead of "in a conversation" we could have something like:

I am conversing with Mr. X...

then you may consider:

...at his shop.

or

...in his shop.

In this case, there is very, very little difference between the two. Maybe the only difference, and this may be dialectic, regional, or even preferential, is that in is more physically specific than at. In his shop implies inside. At his shop could be on the front porch, in the back yard, anywhere in the immediate vicinity of his shop.

So, perhaps, if someone were to ask you What you are doing, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X at his shop.

Whereas if someone were to ask you Where you are doing it, you might reply:

I am conversing with Mr.X in his shop.

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answered 7 hours ago

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answered 7 hours ago

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