LanguageTool Community

<< return to list of rules

Rule "Collocation: arrive at/in"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description: Collocation: arrive at/in
Message: The usual collocation for "\1" is "in", not "\2". Use "in" for geographical regions and "at" for a specific point. For a town, province, state, country or continent, use "in". For a restaurant, business, park or car, use "at". Did you mean \1 in or '\1 at'?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They will arrive at the city at 9:00 am.
    Correction suggestion: arrive in
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ARRIVE_AT_IN [97]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)