yogi2005  +  155464 Sat, 05 Nov 05 05:33 PM hello, Could you tell me which preposition 'in' or 'at' is correct in the sentence below? Something is at/in the back of the picture.   thank you yogi2005 Joined on Thu, Mar 31 2005 Full Member 197 Prepositions

	Clive  +  155480 Sat, 05 Nov 05 07:11 PM Hi, Could you tell me which preposition 'in' or 'at' is correct in the sentence below? Something is at/in the back of the picture. Prepositions are very idiomatic,as you probably know. I hear both of these, but for your English exam, I'd advise you to say 'at'. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,678 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Prepositions

	davkett  +  155519 Sat, 05 Nov 05 11:24 PM This sentence strikes me as quite odd, since both at and in sound wrong to me.  The statement seems to be talking about what's in the picture, that is, what's in the depicted space of the picture.  Generally, we can divide pictorial space into foreground, middle ground and background.  The background is normally not referred to as the back of the picture.  The back of the picture would normally mean the backside of the picture (versus the front side).  But if that's the case, the phrase would be on the back.  If the intended meaning of back here is background, the phrease would be in the background. If the picture was of a room, one might certainly say something like, "There's a table at the back of the room in the picture", but not, "There's a table at the back of the picture".   davkett Joined on Tue, Jun 7 2005 Pennsylvania, USA Senior Member 2,788 "The rose stays fresh in its name..." -Bernard of Morlay Prepositions