After you arrive in New York, you can probably arrive at your hotel within
an hour. Since you'll be arriving with luggage, I'd suggest taking a taxi
and when you arrive by taxi, the hotel will have a special entrance just
for you. Let's discuss Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you
from New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael. All right,
thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English
and I help people speak English better. And this is Happy English Podcast Episode
six ninety eight. Arrive. I am so happy to be back here with
you for this podcast episode. I was down with COVID last week, but
I'm finally back on my feet. Prepositions can be tricky in English. I
know that just as well as you do, and which preposition you choose can
depend on a number of factors, including the context of the conversation as well
as the grammar rules. Well, today we're going to have a look at
the verb arrive and all of the different preposition combinations that exist based on these
two points, grammar rules and context. As you know, context is king.
The first context we'll talk about has to do with place You can arrive
in a country, arrive in a city, arrive in a town, arrive
in a village, or arrive in any other place that has a geographical border.
In other words, if you can see the place on a map,
you can arrive in that place. Here are some examples. The train arrived
in New York City at four o'clock. Tommy arrived in France in October.
I'm going to arrive in Tokyo in the afternoon. In all other locations,
places, and even events, you can arrive at. You can arrive at
a building, arrive at the office, arrive at the park, arrive at
a concert, and even arrive at a party. For example, the train
arrived at Grand Central Station at four o'clock. I arrived at the party a
half hour late. I don't know what time I'll arrive at the hotel,
but I'll send you a text when I get there. The next type of
context has to do with time, and in this case the preposition you use
depends on the rule for using prepositions with time. In other words, we
use at for clock, time on for a day or a date, and
in for everything else. Here are some examples. The boss arrived at nine
to thirty this morning. My cousin said she's going to arrive on Tuesday.
If you ship those items by cmail, they are not going to arrive until
spring. Next. You can arrive with when you talk about the people or
things that accompany you on your trip. For example, thanks a lot for
recommending that plumber. He arrived with all of the tools and parts that he
needed to finish the job in one day. Once the boss arrives with the
CEO, we can begin the meeting. You can also use arrived by to
talk about transportation, either the kind of transportation you use to go somewhere or
how something gets shipped. Here are some examples. Tony arrived by taxi.
That's how he got here so quickly. Most of your order will arrive by
air cargo in around one week. The rest of the items will arrive by
ship. And finally, we use arrive for when we want to talk about
the purpose of the trip. For example, we arrived for the wedding ceremony
with plenty of time to spare. That hotel was great. We arrived for
the buffet lunch and it was really excellent. Keep in mind the best way
to remember this or any English point is to take the word or phrase,
write it in a sentence that's true for you or true in your world,
and then memorize your sentences. Well, I suppose we have arrived at the
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