Question
1. He first met her at the movies.
2. He first met her in the movies.
[Can we use both 'at' and 'in' in the sentences? Does 'the movies' mean 'a movie theater' in each sentence?]
2. He first met her in the movies.
[Can we use both 'at' and 'in' in the sentences? Does 'the movies' mean 'a movie theater' in each sentence?]
Answers
Writeacher
#1 means they met at the movie theater.
#2 means she was acting in movies (films), and unless he was an actor, too, it doesn’t make sense.
#2 means she was acting in movies (films), and unless he was an actor, too, it doesn’t make sense.