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(My car is at the garage.It is being repaired,somebody is repairing it ) I think it should be in instead of at because my car is present in the building/shed and it is not out present of building/shed

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The difference between the alternative forms is chiefly idiomatic. English speakers would always prefer “at the garage” to refer to the car being repaired at a workshop and would generally prefer “in the garage” to refer to your car being housed at your own premises.

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    This is not right. in the garage can two things : repair or where the car is (not on the street, parked in a garage). And it is not true that English speakers prefer one over the other.
    – Lambie
    Commented Dec 17, 2019 at 22:46
  • This analysis is incorrect. It makes no difference at all if you think of garage as referring to a mechanic's shop or a part of a house
    – Jason Bassford
    Commented Dec 22, 2019 at 13:53
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    Wow, I’m surprised by these comments. You only have to think of a suitable context to realise “at the garage” does not naturally refer to a car housed in the home garage. For example: talking to my 20yo daughter about her car when we arrive at our shared home and notice no car on the street, I say, “where’s your car?” She will say, “IN the garage” (never “AT the garage”) to refer to the fact that it’s parked inside our nearby shed.
    – Orbital Aussie
    Commented Dec 22, 2019 at 22:21
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  • My car is at the garage. [yes, being repaired]
  • My car is in the garage. [also being repaired]

but in the garage can also mean: it is in the garage and not on the street/outside.

[outside something]

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  • @ManishkumarKumar Please, please do not repeat the question. [why do we use, not why will be use. I have answered the question.
    – Lambie
    Commented Dec 15, 2019 at 19:17
  • @ManishkumarKumar, you car may be in the garage (building), but also at the garage (business which engages in automobile maintenance and repair).
    – user4556274
    Commented Dec 15, 2019 at 19:51
  • @ManishkumarKumar Because both at the garage and inside the garage refer to the same location of the car. It's just that there is a subtle difference between the two.
    – Jason Bassford
    Commented Dec 22, 2019 at 13:51

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