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when i was at primary school vs when i was in primary school

These are both correct phrases, however, "when I was in primary school" is more commonplace in English. The preposition "in" is typically used to indicate being a part of an institution or location, such as a school.
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when i was at primary school

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a past time when the speaker was attending primary school.
  • Mar 25, 2014 ... And for what it's worth, I'd say When I was at primary school (British, ages 5-10). F · fdk47. Senior Member. Tagalog. Mar 28, 2014 · #18.
  • Jun 27, 2021 ... When I was at primary school, my best-friend in the whole world was a girl called Mary. From the age of four — when we'd first attended play ...
  • Oct 29, 2023 ... Again, I injected my own processing and memories of when I was at primary school into Alex's reactions and interactions, but modern school ...
  • Sep 11, 2017 ... When I was at primary school, one of our jokes (I think we had about four or so) was that we would point upwards and say “Look, ...
  • Jan 28, 2015 ... Netball is not something that guys usually do in the UK so how did you get involved? When I was at primary school we had a girl who ...
  • Jan 28, 2010 ... When I was at primary school… many moons ago… we had primary colours as red yellow and blue, and secondary colours as green, purple and ...
  • When I was at primary school we had this theory that if you ate an egg it meant you'd get pregnant and give birth to a chicken, or another egg.
  • Oct 12, 2022 ... This was really upsetting when I was at primary school but now I'm used to it! I have never been keen on talking about my migraine ...
  • May 21, 2011 ... You can tell how old I am (fairly young I know, but relatively old in computing terms) that when I was at primary school we had four ...
  • Dec 18, 2020 ... ... when I was at primary school. Having loved the clarinet, at secondary school I always thought the big band looked great fun, so I later took ...

Alternatives:

  • when I was in primary school

when i was in primary school

This phrase is commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a past time when the speaker was a student at primary school.
  • Mar 25, 2014 ... Does any native speaker say either "when I was in primary school / elementary school"? I used google ngram but had no result...???
  • Sep 18, 2024 ... When I was in primary school one of teachers once asked the class to name something that can be measured in kilograms. No-one answered so I said ...
  • Nov 2, 2022 ... When I was in primary school, I asked my parents for an official "Teaching Journal" for my birthday and I would spend the afternoons ...
  • Aug 28, 2024 ... I attached my orchid (forgot the ID) to my mum's mangosteen tree when I was in primary school (2 decades ago). My mum gave it zero care, and ...
  • 1 day ago ... ... when I was in primary school with the grade one teacher asking the ... when I was in primary school with the grade one teacher asking ...
  • Jun 10, 2022 ... Back when I was in primary school (Elementary school), everyone in my class thought these were the coolest Sonic promotional pics ever. Those of ...
  • When I was in primary school I was one of five victims of abuse from one of the caretakers that was there, so I'd say that really, really crushed me,”...
  • Apr 5, 2024 ... I have always used 960, because when I was in primary school, I built a plane in Minecraft, I named it ZR960, then I went to middle school, ...
  • May 30, 2019 ... When I was in primary school, my favourite subject was geography. I knew the countries of the world, their capitals, their rivers and their ...
  • THE RAHAMAN SISTERS: When I was in primary school, Salihat @salihatr, Salamat @salamatr and Sarwi @sheikhasarwi were always the coolest .In Corona school...

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  • when I was at primary school

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