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in the sentece:

"Community Rules means written rules and regulations that govern the conduct of tenants for and at the Community."

it might be about technical English but I see some grammar point. If regulations that governs tenants are for Community it is automatically within Community, meaning "at" right??

I don't see the point of saying "for" and "at"

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  • I think at the community implies "the area where it is in force."(Not in any other area)
    – Sam
    Commented Sep 25, 2022 at 14:45
  • No, it's BS. "in the Community" would have been better English.
    – Lambie
    Commented Feb 23 at 20:28
  • Lambie pretty-much has it. 'Community Rules' might mean 'written rules and regulations' applying to or within any given community, but that view belongs to that community; not to the English language. Meanwhile no 'rules' nor 'government' nor 'conduct' of tenants could ever 'for and at the Community.' '… for and in…' might work but even that would depend on the specific context or circumstances.
    – Robbie Goodwin
    Commented Oct 25 at 20:24

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It merely means that the rules are "for the community" (they benefit the people living at the community) and are enforced "at the community" (the rules can't tell you how to behave when you are not on community premises).

"Community" here refers to mobile home communities, and may refer to the physical land or the people living on the land according to context.

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... the conduct of tenants for and at the community.

Even though community only appears once, it's used to represent two different things.

  1. "for the community" - community basically represents the tenants who collectively create a community of residents.

  2. "at the community" - community represents the physical land and mobile homes that create the mobile home park.

It's an interesting construct because you're using two prepositions to have a noun take two different meanings even though it actually only appears once in the sentence.

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