Why is it ” I’m at work” but ” I’m in class”? Why does ” I’m in work” or “I’m at class” sound wrong grammatically?
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English is complicated, but in your example, class is an activity that occurs inside of a classroom. Work is a place in your context.
At vs. in are both generally used as prepositions for location or time, but for location “at” is usually to describe a broader generalization of a location where “in” a more specific one. even that is not a hard rule unfortunately.
Example. “I’m at work” vs. “I’m in my office” or “I’m at school” vs. “I’m in the classroom”
You’ll notice they also get used seemingly interchangeably, for instance “I’m in school” would also be correct. But what you mean there is that you are engaged in the activity of school, which would usually also be happening “at school.”
matters how you say things also. “I’m at my house” and “I’m in my house” are practically the same thing but one is saying that you specifically are inside of your house whereas one is just saying you are home.
From a website…….“At” is used when you are at the top, bottom or end of something; at a specific address; at a general location; and at a point.
“In” is used in a space, small vehicle, water, neighborhood, city and country.
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