Verb+to | We managed TO ... Get/Arrive TO the destination

[jon]

Hi all,

Sentence: "We managed ___ to the destination"

Issues:
1 - When I read "to get" as a correct solution i undertood, but i wondered about one different alternative as "to arrive". Please could you expose if this second one alternative "to arrive" is correct too??

thks
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[Yankee]

Hi Jon

No, but if you replace 'to' with 'at' (after 'to arrive'), it would be OK:
"We managed to arrive at the destination."
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[jon]

Hi Yankee,

I have read sentences similar to:

Arrive at destination ... Arrive to London ... Arrive in Britain

What is the grammar rule here?

thks
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[Yankee]

Hi Jon

You can say 'arrive at work/the airport/our destination/the scene of the crime.'
Or you can say 'arrive in London/the USA/Europe'.

I can't think of any example in which "arrive to (a place)" would be acceptable.
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English