"There are a lot of strange people at my job." "There are a lot of strange people in my job."
Which one is more appropriate?
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Well, it is 'job' that sounds a little odd there:
There are a lot of strange people in/at my office/workplace.
Now both prepositions sound reasonable.
MeggPhaggSiouxWhich one is more appropriate?
If you leave it as is, at is better, but what I hear more often is "There are a lot of strange people where I work". The strange people aren't really atyour job. Only you are atyour job.
"There are a lot of strange people at my job." is the most accepted version, and
"There are a lot of strange people in my job." is wrong under all circumstances?
You might say "There are a lot of strange people in my job" if you were, for example, a mortician, and you wanted to comment about the other people in the world who perform the same job for a living, although in that case it would be more usual to say "There are a lot strange people in my line of work".
There are a lot of strange people in/at my office/workplace.
Now both prepositions sound reasonable.
CJ
"There are a lot of strange people at my job." is the most accepted version, and
"There are a lot of strange people in my job." is wrong under all circumstances?
a. "I work long hours at my job."
b. "I work long hours in my job."
Could b. be also wrong?
Megg is incorrect. You can say this:
In my job I have many responsibilities.
I have many responsibilities in my job.
Here we are talking about your actual job, and not the place where you work.