Learn English – Why is “… goes to university in car” incorrect

prepositions

  1. My father always goes to university ______ car (by/ in/ on).

My teacher said that the answer is 'in'. But I think it should be 'by' because after 'by' we don't use articles, but I am not sure about that.

So, please can anyone help me?

Best Answer

You are right and your teacher is wrong.

'in' always takes an article (or some other determiner) with a noun here (unless the noun is uncountable)

WRONG: My father always goes to university in car.

WRONG: My father always goes to university on car.

RIGHT: My father always goes to university in a car.

RIGHT: My father always goes to university in the car.

RIGHT: My father always goes to university in his car.

RIGHT: My father always goes to university by car.

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