I have a doubt and I do not know which preposition should I use. I have been looking for this a few days and I do not find any explanation about it.
Should I say 'Sunrise in Bondi beach' or 'Sunrise at Bondi beach'? And why?
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1Possible duplicate of When do we use "arrive at" versus "arrive in"? – WS2 Feb 04 '19 at 23:30
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Are you talking about being there at a certain time of day or are you talking about watching the process and, possibly, writing the caption for a photograph. If it's the latter then "sunrise over" may be more appropriate than either 'at' or 'in'. – BoldBen Feb 05 '19 at 00:34
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1Note also that "beach" is part of the name of the location and should therefore be capitalised: Bondi Beach. – Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Feb 05 '19 at 01:54
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@BoldBen I meant being there watching the process. – abaracedo Feb 05 '19 at 04:33
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You can't have a Sunrise in a beach, that would mean inside of the beach. It has to be at a beach. "At" means located there. In this case, the sunrise occurred there. – Karlomanio Feb 05 '19 at 15:49
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In that case I'd probably use either "at" or "over". If you were talking about Long Beach in California you might use "in" but only because Long Beach is a city. If you were talking about watching from the actual beach at Long Beach then it 's either "at" or "over". – BoldBen Feb 06 '19 at 16:48
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Sunrise at Bondi, at implies a very specific spot.
Sunrise in NSW, in seems to imply a wider area and not a specific location.
That's how I use it; I realize that there is flexibility in how broad an area or how distinct a location can be for either use depending on the context.
Patrick Hughes
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