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Use of prepositions: on or at?



 
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Use of prepositions: on or at? #1 (permalink) Thu Jan 21, 2010 21:56 pm   Use of prepositions: on or at?
 

Hi, in this sentence should we say:

Set on a Future Earth where robots are common...
Set at a Future Earth where robots are commo...
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Use of prepositions: on or at? #2 (permalink) Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:07 am   Use of prepositions: on or at?
 

On.

"At" would make it sound like the story happened next to the earth but not on it, maybe floating in space or something.
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Use of prepositions: on or at? #3 (permalink) Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:33 am   Use of prepositions: on or at?
 

Set in a Future Earth where robots are common...
Set around a Future Earth where robots are common...
Set over a Future Earth where robots are common...
Set next to a Future Earth where robots are common...
Set away from a Future Earth where robots are common...
Set across a Future Earth where robots are common...
Set outside a Future Earth where robots are common...

CONTEXT ???????????????????????????????
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