idiom question

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<p>I am really confused on certain idioms. Most of the time, my ear can usually identify the correct preposition to go with the verb, but a few times it can’t. For example, this is a question I got wrong on a practice test.</p>

<p>1.In the dusk of a late summer evening, I walked quietly with a small </p>

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<p>gathering of people toward a shelter at the edge of a field in northern Indiana.</p>

<p>F. No change
G. On
H. With
J. From</p>

<p>Ok, well first I thought it was at, but it isn’t one of the answer choices. After that, I used PoE to eliminate it down to F and G. However, the answer was F. While I can kind of understand this, I still think “on” is a more resonable choice because on is traditionally used to describe time (like on the fifth of August.) Could someone please tell me where I am going wrong?</p>

<p>THANKS for your TIME!</p>

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<p>That sentence has a dependent clause and an independent clause. The first part before the comma is dependent the part after is independent. So read independent part first then the dependent part. If you use on it makes no sense, In is the only word that can work</p>

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<p>but idioms aren’t meant to be grammatically correct</p>

4

<p>Think,</p>

<p>“I woke up IN the morning”.</p>

<p>“IN the morning, I eat breakfast.”</p>

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<p>Dude, I missed that question this morning. It’s really hard to understand idioms for non-native speakers like me.</p>

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<p>“In the evening”, “In the afternoon”, “In the morning”, “In the dusk”, “In the dawn”.</p>

<p>“In” would be used with any of those.</p>