I have a question about what preposition to use with the phrase "make a delivery":
- The mailman made a delivery at the house.
- The mailman made a delivery to the house.
The justification for "make a delivery at" in sentence 1 is that the mailman had to arrive "at" the house to the make the delivery. So "make a delivery at" seems more correct than "make a delivery to". What do native speakers think?
Best Answer
The mailman made a delivery of something at a particular location and there was someone there to receive it, the act of delivering something happened at the house.
The mailman dropped off the delivery at the house, possibly no one was there to receive it or possibly there was someone there, it is slightly ambiguous. Usually the recipient would be mentioned, the delivery was made to someone.