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eat food at river. vs eat food on river.

The correct phrase is "eat food by the river." Both "eat food at river" and "eat food on river" are not commonly used in English. The preposition "by" is more appropriate when referring to eating near a river.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 707 views

eat food at river.

This phrase is not correct in English. The preposition 'at' is not used to describe eating near a river.

Incorrect. Use 'by the river' instead to indicate eating near a river.
  • Listeria monocytogenes was seldomly detected above the legal safety limit for ready-to-eat foods at point of retail.
  • We will not eat food at night
  • Each week, you only eat food beginning with a certain letter.
  • But I've seen you eat food from the recycling.
  • But you can only eat food from the vending machine.
  • I want to eat food that might kill me.
  • I spend 25 cents on chocolate milk and eat food scraps off friends' plates and random tables.
  • You have to eat food to maintain your health.
  • I don't eat foods that were previously characters in Disney movies.
  • He shouldn't eat food like that.
  • I generally don't eat food touched by a pig.
  • I don't eat food prepared by others.
  • I'm dying of happiness to just eat food with you.
  • Products obtained during the production of ready to eat food.
  • I don't eat food that's naturally orange.
  • Parents warn their children not to eat food given to them by strangers.
  • He hates people, spends all day in the library... will only eat foods that are white.
  • I have mammals in there who need to eat food.
  • Half my day is spent chiseling boogers off shopping carts. I don't really want to eat food cooked on one.
  • He says he finds it depressing to eat food out of a Tupperware container.

Alternatives:

  • eat food by the river
  • have a picnic by the river
  • enjoy a meal by the river
  • dine by the river
  • eat lunch by the river

eat food on river.

This phrase is not correct in English. The preposition 'on' is not used to describe eating near a river.

Incorrect. Use 'by the river' instead to indicate eating near a river.
  • - No. I just eat food on my webcam.
  • I'll ask Inara to look in on River.
  • I see that today's lesson was to be on rivers.
  • Last night, he got a bullet in the neck at the skate park on River.
  • (Police radio chatter, siren wailing in distance) Last night, skate park on River.
  • Now, tonight, we are staging one of our important races, between the car, public transport, a bicycle and Jeremy's rather fanciful belief that we should travel everywhere on rivers.
  • This issue does not only concern the Member States in question, because there are also Member States downstream whose installations are sited on rivers.
  • Each week, you only eat food beginning with a certain letter.
  • But I've seen you eat food from the recycling.
  • But you can only eat food from the vending machine.
  • I want to eat food that might kill me.
  • I spend 25 cents on chocolate milk and eat food scraps off friends' plates and random tables.
  • You have to eat food to maintain your health.
  • I don't eat foods that were previously characters in Disney movies.
  • He shouldn't eat food like that.
  • I generally don't eat food touched by a pig.
  • I don't eat food prepared by others.
  • I'm dying of happiness to just eat food with you.
  • Listeria monocytogenes was seldomly detected above the legal safety limit for ready-to-eat foods at point of retail.
  • Products obtained during the production of ready to eat food.

Alternatives:

  • eat food by the river
  • have a picnic by the river
  • enjoy a meal by the river
  • dine by the river
  • eat lunch by the river

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