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sb70012
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 6:50:36 PM
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Hi,
Would you please tell me the difference between “in park” and “at park“?
Which one is more used?
Which is British and which is American?
Would you please tell me that in what circumstances “at park” is correct and where “in park“?
Thanks so much.
FounDit
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:46:33 PM
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The examples used for ‘restaurant’ work exactly the same here. The only difference is in the U.S., we always say, ‘at the park’ and also, ‘in the park.’ You need the article ‘the’, or ‘a’.
sb70012
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 6:08:56 AM
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Thank you.
Jyrkkä Jätkä
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:36:06 AM
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In park = you have parked your car somewhere.
“Put your car in park on the other side of the road!”
dave freak
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 10:13:41 AM
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It has to be an article (‘a’ or ‘the’) before the word ‘park’. There is not much difference here. “At” indicates a more general location, ‘in’ is more specific. It is also the case with the noun ‘restaurant’.
“We were at a restaurant.”
The info about (a general) location. I can ask where exactly they were. We can be outdoors, in the area which belongs to the restaurant owner.
“We were in a restaurant.”
The info is clear. We are under the roof. A three-dimensional space.
Drag0nspeaker
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 10:38:34 AM
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Hi
dave
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I think
JJ
was talking about some modern cars that have this ‘strange’ gear-box with settings for 1,2,3,4, ‘reverse’ and ‘park’ – instead of the more common 1,2,3,4, ‘reverse and ‘neutral’.
To go backwards, you put the car in reverse.
To park, you put the car in ‘park’.
Otherwise, it does have to have an article.
dave freak
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:40:43 AM
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Hi
Dragon
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Ah! I see. Thanks.
Jyrkkä Jätkä
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:55:00 AM
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Not only with the modern cars. When you park a car, you put it in park.
You can park your car in or at the park, if there’s a parking area 😉
Drag0nspeaker
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Monday, October 21, 2013 4:37:49 AM
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Really? – I don’t drive, but I’ve never heard that phrase.
You park a car.
You put it in a parking space.
If the parking space is in a park, you put the car in the park.
I’ve never heard “Put the car in park” before. It’s not a phrase any of my friends use.
kool-wind
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Monday, October 21, 2013 4:52:43 AM
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Once you stop the car and you take it out of “drive” you put it in “park”
I’d attach an image for you if I knew how. 
It’s for cars with automatic gearboxes.Once you stop the car and you take it out of “drive” you put it in “park”I’d attach an image for you if I knew how.
Jyrkkä Jätkä
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Monday, October 21, 2013 5:02:13 AM
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I think “in park” is mainly used in America, and I might have got used to it watching films and TV series.
It is definitely used with all kinds of automobiles.
Drag0nspeaker
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Monday, October 21, 2013 5:04:51 AM
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Ah, well, if its American …
We all know they don’t talk proper, innit?
Thanks
k-w
. That’s the difference, is it? It’s the automatic cars that have ‘park’ as a setting.
Now I know.
FounDit
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 12:07:31 AM
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Funny how something seen every day is taken for granted. I would never have thought this would seem strange to you guys (JJ, K-W, DragOn).
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Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive
Drag0nspeaker
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:09:56 AM
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I’m Used to one like this:
Reverse, Neutral (anywhere on the middle line) and the forward gears.
I think I’ve been in a car like this.I’m Used to one like this:Reverse, Neutral (anywhere on the middle line) and the forward gears.
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