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At the factory vs on the factory

The correct phrase is 'at the factory.' 'On the factory' is not a common or correct construction in English. 'At the factory' is the appropriate preposition to indicate a location where someone or something is located.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 2061 views

At the factory

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'at the factory' to indicate a specific location where someone or something is located within the factory premises.

Examples:

  • I work at the factory.
  • The meeting will be held at the factory.
  • She is waiting at the factory gate.
  • The raw materials are stored at the factory warehouse.
  • The new machinery is being installed at the factory.
  • Well... at the factory, we work assembly lines.
  • He works at the factory at this time.
  • He's been a prisoner at the factory for months.
  • This is the same stuff we saw at the factory.
  • Frost killed Eustace Kendrick at the factory.
  • Preliminary soil analysis indicates those elements are not present at the factory.
  • There's another girl at the factory, same predicament.
  • A body's been found at the factory.
  • The girls at the factory chipped in.
  • But the men at the factory were Kwan's.
  • Well, I guess you guys must have met at the factory.
  • I want her at the factory on Monday morning at eight.
  • Just got a little detained at the factory, Nigel.
  • -We could move bricks at the factory.
  • I hear Ivan's back at the factory.
  • Schaeffer was responsible for my discovery of the four bodies at the factory.
  • These blueprints show what was rebuilt at the factory.
  • He was an employee at the factory where the balloons were stolen.
  • They'll have found your DNA at the factory.
  • She was working at the factory in Selma tonight.

Alternatives:

  • in the factory
  • inside the factory
  • within the factory
  • at the factory premises
  • at the factory site

on the factory

This phrase is not a common or correct construction in English.

  • The whole place depended on the factory that closed.
  • If she hasn't made contact by nightfall, I suggest a massive frontal assault on the factory, Madame.
  • ...on the factory, on production?
  • What do we tell people who have staked their careers on the factory, on production?
  • Tell the major we're sending in all of our sharpshooters... to support the attack on the factory.
  • But I wouldn't have taken our only transportation to do it, and I wouldn't have stopped the assault on the factory.
  • The strike on the factory was unsuccessful.
  • That's why you put a timer on the factory bomb.
  • I'm working on the factory extension.
  • He taught on the factory's educational TV channel.
  • - Down this way... and that's where you got on the factory bus.
  • Those people launched a missile strike on the factory to kill us in order to keep their secret a secret.
  • The minute that that negotiator got here, he gave me all the relevant details on the factory, including the master code.
  • We could go on the factory tour, and I could complain in person.
  • That's best, surely, with so many lives depending on the factory's success?
  • I'd like to speak to the editor working on the factory murder case.

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