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Supposing I wanted to say "I see the fireworks at the summer festival". Would
this be:

> 夏{なつ}祭{まつ}り **で** 花{はな}火{び}を見{み}ます。

or

> 夏祭り **に** 花火を見ます。

If both are correct, how does the meaning differ between each?
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grammar meaning particle-に particle-で sentence
で or に: how does the meaning of a sentence change?
Yes, both are correct.

The differences are:

  1. 夏祭りに花火を見ます This is a regular phrase for "I'll watch the fireworks at the summer festival."
  2. 夏祭りで花火を見ます This would stress **at**. It has a nuance that "I have many chances to watch the fireworks but I will watch them at the summer festival."
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Both are correct, but my reasoning will differ from @S.Wakisaka's.

「夏祭り **で** 花火を見る」 treats the summer festival as a **spatial point (location)**
for watching fireworks.

「夏祭り **に** 花火を見る」 treats the summer festival as a **temporal point (timing)**
for watching fireworks.

Starting around 0:25 in the video below, hear this singer say 「秋祭{あきまつ}り **に**
買{か}った指輪{ゆびわ}、小指{こゆび}にしています」.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdlj7fXtFyg>
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