To take place/aide

To take place/aide
Message de kazan posté le 02-02-2018 à 20:12:54 (S | E | F)
Hello everyone,

I'd like to ask a few questions about the verb " to take place". Is it preferable to say:
a- The scene takes place at school
b- The scene takes place in a school?
From what I understand,
a- means the action takes place at school, which is seen here as an institution,
b- focuses more on the building.
I find the set sentence "where/when does the scene take place?" rather bookish. Are there other more natural ways to ask the same thing? Such as maybe
"where is it?" or "When is it?" But I don't like these two questions either. They're too vague.
Cheers,
K.


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Modifié par lucile83 le 02-02-2018 22:14

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Réponse : To take place/aide de lucile83, postée le 02-02-2018 à 22:25:02 (S | E)
Hello,
Yes, I think so.
a- The scene takes place at school ...among the pupils
b- The scene takes place in a school? ...perhaps there is no pupil

You could say:
That scene happens in a school /occurs /befalls /breaks/ etc.

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Réponse : To take place/aide de kazan, postée le 03-02-2018 à 09:17:10 (S | E)
Many, many thanks!

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