When do you use the Dative and when do you use the Accusative with the 'magic nine prepositions'?
The prepositions which can be followed by either Dative or Accusative are: oben, unter, neben, vor, hinter, zwischen, in, auf, an
When there is movement involved then Accusative is used, however, if there is no movement then the Dative is used.
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