If I want to say

> John studies **at** home **and** the library

do I say

> ジョンさんはうち **と** としょかん **で** べんきょうします。

I feel like I'm getting the particles wrong or that I'm actually supposed to
use double particles.
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Listing places in Japanese and using particles afterwards
> 「ジョンさんはうち **と** としょかん **で** べんきょうします。」

This sentence is grammatical but it does not sound very natural for a couple
of reasons.

1) Use of 「うち」. In this sentence, the speaker is NOT ジョン. When native
Japanese-speakers hear just 「うち」, we would tend to think it refers to the
**_speaker's home_** as @broccoli forest states in the comment above.

To avoid that, you can use 「[自宅]{じたく}」 or 「[家]{いえ}」 instead of 「うち」.

2) Use of 「と」. I am sure you just directly translated "and" and came up with
「と」. As I said, it is grammatical, but the native speakers's word choice would
be 「や」 considerably more often than 「と」.

If you think you are required to use 「と」 in your class, I will not beg you to
use 「や」.

（「うち」, however, I must advise that you **_not_** use.）
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