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Why do we say "Gehen Sie an der Ampel links'' and not "Gehen Sie an die Ampel link"?

I found this in the "Richtungen: nach dem Weg fragen" course. "An" is two case prepositions right and here we are using orientation so the question is "wohin" and not &...
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Why do we say" im Deutschen" instead of "in Deutsch"?

When we want to say in German, I noticed some say im Deutschen instead of in Deutsch. I'm confused as to why Deutschen has an n at the end and why it is a name and not an adjective.
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What is the difference between "ins" and "im" in German? [closed]

What's the difference between ins and im? They both translate to in the. I'm thinking ins is more a reference to place but I'm not sure when to use im.
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»jemand(em) schreiben« vs. »an jemand(en) schreiben«

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen jemand(em) schreiben und an jemand(en) schreiben? Es kommt mir so vor, dass jemand(em) schreiben gebräuchlicher ist, also Dativ. Wird der Dativ immer bevorzugt und ...
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