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Originally Posted by CaptainThunder
If you don't mind, could you explain why you would use で instead of に here? It seems like they're both being used as a location marker, and I always thought that they were interchangeable in that respect.
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I've already explained this a few times in the last couple of months, so I'll be brief if you excuse me.
First and foremost, I must say that に and で are NOT interchangeable. If you have a teacher or book that says that they are, request a refund.
It basically depends on the
kind of the verb that immediately follows the location marker.
で takes 'action' verbs such as 'to buy a shirt', 'to watch a film', 'to meet someone', 'to eat sushi', 'to steal a bike', 'to play tennis', 'to do shopping', 'to go to school', etc.
The list will be endless.
に takes two types of verbs.
The list will be very small.
1. 'State' verbs such as 'to live', 'to be', and 'to stay', etc. (state = inactive)
2. 'Coming' and 'going' to a place. 'to go', 'to come', 'to return', etc.
EDIT: Please everyone!! I never said to use で instead of に in that particular sentence. The other poster did. So I pointed that out and he edited. Now I'm the one that looks like a noob... 