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I stayed at my friend's. vs I stayed in my friend's apartment.

Both sentences are correct. I stayed at my friend's' implies staying at your friend's place without specifying the exact location, while 'I stayed in my friend's apartment' specifies that you stayed in a particular location within your friend's home.
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I stayed at my friend's.

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate staying at a friend's place without specifying the exact location.

This phrase is used to convey the idea of staying at a friend's place without providing specific details about the location within the friend's place.

Examples:

  • I stayed at my friend's last weekend.
  • She stayed at her friend's during the summer vacation.
  • I stayed at my friend's apartment, I saw patients in another office, but he found me.
  • Of course I stayed friends with annie.
  • I'll be sure and tell my friends who stayed.
  • Working the door at my friend's place.
  • I slept at my friend's and needed a fresh...
  • I threw up at my friend's house.
  • - At my friend's in Koenji.
  • I'm stuck at my friend's house in Manhattan.
  • That I was at my friend's house.
  • I'm staying at my friend's house in Washington City.
  • I work at my friend's art gallery.
  • When I was 16, I was staying at my friend's house all the time.
  • And I was just your lady, with little responsibility other than standing at my friend's side.
  • All I can do is leave the suitcase at my friend's door... and get down before he sees me.
  • Grazyna, my wife, I met at my friend's wedding.
  • We're supposed to be at my friend's sleepover right now.
  • I was simply attending a dinner party at my friend's house.
  • l received several messages at my friend's house.
  • I love that you two have stayed friends all these years.
  • The one we stayed at for my friend's wedding in Paris.

Alternatives:

  • I stayed at my friend's house.
  • I stayed at my friend's place.

I stayed in my friend's apartment.

This phrase is correct and specifies that you stayed in a particular location within your friend's place, in this case, the apartment.

This phrase is used when you want to be specific about the location within your friend's place where you stayed.

Examples:

  • I stayed in my friend's apartment for a week.
  • She stayed in her friend's apartment while visiting the city.
  • I stayed at my friend's apartment, I saw patients in another office, but he found me.
  • Sleeping in my friend's house is...
  • You made such a huge impact in my friend's life, someone I really looked up to.
  • No, please. I'm covered in my friend's human milk, so...
  • I'll type in my friend's, since I'm expelled.
  • This guy leaves, takes his car keys and drops them in my friend's pocket.
  • And meanwhile, I have negative-one macaroni trucks, and I'm sitting in my friend's lap like a baby chimp.
  • Why were you so interested in my friend's horsebox?
  • We went to my friend's apartment.
  • Anyway, the lead in my friend's play had to drop out the last minute, and opening night is tomorrow night.
  • I stuck my nose in my friend's business, and I hurt him.
  • We got these fake ID's and took these girls in my friend's dad's car...
  • And then one night, I saw him parked right across the street from my friend's apartment.
  • I stayed in school and graduated.
  • Everyone knows about me in my friends.
  • My wife left her sunglasses in my friend Mark's car.
  • So you stand here in my friend's house and you tell me you don't trust me?
  • I stayed in your house loads of times.
  • I stayed in my marriage by choice.
  • I stayed in the house mostly, bundled up with Faro.

Alternatives:

  • I stayed in my friend's house.
  • I stayed in my friend's place.

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