- My father always goes to university ______ car (by/ in/ on).
My teacher said that the answer is 'in'. But I think it should be 'by' because after 'by' we don't use articles, but I am not sure about that.
So, please can anyone help me?
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- My father always goes to university ______ car (by/ in/ on).
My teacher said that the answer is 'in'. But I think it should be 'by' because after 'by' we don't use articles, but I am not sure about that.
So, please can anyone help me?
You are right and your teacher is wrong.
'in' always takes an article (or some other determiner) with a noun here (unless the noun is uncountable)
WRONG: My father always goes to university in car.
WRONG: My father always goes to university on car.
RIGHT: My father always goes to university in a car.
RIGHT: My father always goes to university in the car.
RIGHT: My father always goes to university in his car.
RIGHT: My father always goes to university by car.