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Queue at OR on?

  • 05-08-2010 10:23am
    #1
    bret69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭


    Is it at OR on in these two cases?

    Please queue __ the other side.

    Please queue __ the other end.


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  • #2
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    'At' would be my choice.


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,529 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Please queue on the other side (of the street).
    Please queue at the other end (of the street).

    'at' might be more appropriate for 'side' in another context ('room' for example)


  • #4
    The Raven.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭The Raven.


    bret69 wrote: »
    Is it at OR on in these two cases?
    Your question would have been easier to read if you wrote: Is it 'at' or 'on' in these two cases?

    I agree with Pickarooney on this.
    pickarooney wrote: »
    Please queue on the other side (of the street).
    Please queue at the other end (of the street).

    'at' might be more appropriate for 'side' in another context ('room' for example)

    'On the sunny side of the street'.
    'At the end of the rainbow'.

    'At the side of the road'.

    Notice the pattern. The prepositions 'at' and 'on' create different meanings:

    'I'm at your side' (I'm beside you)
    'I'm on your side' (I agree with you)


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