Learn English – the verb “Arrive” with no preposition

prepositions

I've found an interesting sentence and I'm trying to figure out whether it is correct or not.

The sentence is:

When we arrived the forest, it was getting darker.

As far as I know, it is not allowed to use the verb without a preposition.

So, it should be

When we arrived in the forest, it was getting darker.

shouldn't it?

Best Answer

According to the dictionary definitions, arrive is an intransitive verb. So it cannot have a direct object. Therefore:

When we arrived the forest, it was getting darker.

is incorrect (forest would be a direct object here).

When we arrived in the forest, it was getting darker.

Is correct. But the prepositional phrase is not required, as in:

When we arrived, it was getting darker.

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