Which of the orders is more idiomatic
"Look at there!" (see this thing there)
or
"Look there!" (see this thing there)
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asked Dec 1, 2019 at 11:10
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"Look at there" is ungrammatical. "To look at" expects an object, but "there" is a preposition and cannot serve as an object. You can say "look (over) there" or "look at that."
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@TypeIA: As commented in that link: It should be clear that the term 'preposition' is by no means ideal for our purposes. And I still don't see how knowing such terminology would help people actually learn how to understand and use English. Dec 1, 2019 at 13:40
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@FumbleFingers I agree on the last point. I'm not doing the nitpicking here.– TypeIADec 1, 2019 at 15:04
"At" will never be correct. Also this phrase will not be said. Instead you can say "Look over there" or "Look at that".
