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<p>Is the Writing MC all of the sudden really easy? I had an epiphany today with the section after my 4th practice set. It's so predictable now.</p>

<p>Anyways, I didn't really mean to discuss that so much as I had a question. I just want to know what the correct idiomatic use of "arrive" is, after I saw this question (I got it right but I am still curious):</p>

<p>At the conclusion of the novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner recently arrived to New York, moodily watches the blinking light at the tip of Long Island. </p>

<p>I assume you can only arrive by, in, or at, correct?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think you're right.</p>

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<p>lol i've been doing horribly on the recent online course tests T T
but lots of em are stupid mistakes lol.</p>

<p>im quite sure arrived to is wrong; arrived in sounds better.
arrived by [insert transportation here]?? lol arrived by plane etc?
idk</p>

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<p>FWIW, that happened to me too lolcats. Right before PSAT :) It's funny, I'm not even kidding, that's exactly how I felt, I was just awestruck and I was like, "I just had an epiphany!"
And yes, you are correct. Of course you are, with the gift of the epiphany and all.</p>

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<p>i wish i could have one of those for CR</p>

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<p>what lolcats said was right, its either arrive at, in or by. But for the context of this question, it would be "arrived at" since it is referring to a place (NY) therefore you arrive "at" a place not necessarily "in" a place or "by" a place. It would work to say arrived by car etc, or arrived in a train, but not arrived in or arrived by a place.</p>

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<p>omg....i also took that test today</p>

<p>it was january 2007</p>

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<p>You seem so sure of yourself, yet you're wrong. The correct term would be "arrived in New York". You arrive IN cities, but you arrive AT a place. </p>

<p>I arrived IN New York.
I arrived AT New York airport.</p>

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<p>computerizes, I acknowledge my mistake, but you can say I arrived at New York right? Y NY AIRPORT?</p>

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<p>You arrive at a place (he arrived at the pub late at night.) you wont say (he arrived in a pub late at night)...
You always arrive in a city/state/country, (He arrived in NYC today)
Normally speaking, you would say "I am at the pub", and you would say, "i am in New York" not i am at New York. </p>

<p>I am 95% sure about this not 100% but yeah.</p>

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<p>This is perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Tbh we should make a big idiom thread, because honestly if I miss W MC questions its those lol</p>

<p>Also, if we wanted to CORRECT the sentence I made, would it be best to say: </p>

<p>"At the conclusion of the novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner who recently arrived in New York, moodily watches the blinking light at the tip of Long Island. "</p>

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<p>Pardon me but wouldn't it be "a young Midwesterner who had recently arrived in NY, blah blah"</p>

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<p>Yes you are correct lol, can't believe I missed that.</p>

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<p>i agree that we should make an idiom thread that would be really helpful because like you lolcats, i had the 'epiphany' lol and the only ones i miss now are idioms
but i agree with what KeepRolling and Computerized are saying</p>

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<p>i think idioms are easy to conquer if you read a lot of fiction. Idioms are all over the place that you can subconsciously answer them. I know that whenever i do a writing question, i quickly know the correct answer but i can never justify it. I don't know the rules or anything, it's all in the nature of recognition.</p>

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<p>Yes, that's exactly how I answer the questions. But some idioms can still slip by you.</p>