The library is on the second floor. vs The library is at the second floor.

The phrase 'the library is on the second floor.' is correct, while 'the library is at the second floor.' is incorrect. In English, we use 'on' to indicate the location of a place within a building or structure.

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The library is on the second floor.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'on' when indicating the location of a place within a building or structure.

Examples:

The restaurant is on the ground floor.
My office is on the fifth floor.
The gym is on the top floor.
The bathroom is on the first floor.
The bookstore is on the basement level.

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His office is on the second floor.
Your room is on the second floor.
Suspect is on the second floor.
Our gym is on the second floor.
The telephone-junction box is on the second floor.
The boss is on the second floor.
The lab is on the second floor.
The cafeteria is on the second floor.
The doctor's office is on the second floor.
His office is on the second floor of the old math building.
Our new home is on the second floor
Dr. Thackery's office is on the second floor on the west side of the... building.
We'll be on the second floor of the library in the back at 3:00 if you want to join us for our study group.
There's an exit on the second floor.
61, we need you on the second floor.
Bravo One, I got a possible on the second floor.
Steve, I got a body on the second floor.
We had a hostile on the second floor.
Apartment's on the second floor.
Look, we're on the second floor.

The library is at the second floor.

This phrase is incorrect in English. 'At' is not used to indicate the location of a place within a building or structure.

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Let's take a look at the second floor.
Things have turned rather ugly at the second floor buffet.
Look at the second floor, right there in the middle.
Comrade Lieutenant, something's happening at the balcony at the second floor in the border neighborhood zone.
We'll be on the second floor of the library in the back at 3:00 if you want to join us for our study group.
I'm in the library, heading out to the second-floor balcony.
There's an exit on the second floor.
61, we need you on the second floor.
His office is on the second floor.
Bravo One, I got a possible on the second floor.
Two men patrolling the second floor.
Two men patrolling the second floor.
Steve, I got a body on the second floor.
We had a hostile on the second floor.
Apartment's on the second floor.
Look, we're on the second floor.
All right, this is the second floor.
The caller lives on the second floor.
Winter, I'm about to enter the second floor.
Take it up to the second floor.

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The library is on the second floor. vs The library is at the second floor.