When do you use in and when at the flat, in English?
Can I say both
I live in the flat.
I live at the flat.
Here's what prompted this question; a passage from a textbook goes like this: A girl arrived in a city where she was going to live for a while, in a new flat. Her friend picked her up at the airport.
She: ´How is your wife?´
He: ´She is fine, she is at your new flat.´
Which means, if somebody stays in a flat which is not his/hers, then he/she is AT someone´s flat, not IN someone´s flat?
Best Answer
If you are discussing the flat and its possible uses, then you'd say
or
If you are discussing types of residence, then you'd say
or
If you are discussing possible general locations, maybe the others know you own a flat and a house, then you'd say
or
or
If you are talking about a larger area then use 'in', so
If you live in the Netherlands, then you'd say