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Silver fern Posted 9 years ago
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Clarification help please, when to use in or on

Sarah does illustrations on children's toys, in books and magazines. Doesn't this sound like she does drawings of toys? What she does is the drawings in the actual toys, (like backgrounds and such) so shouldn't it be: Sarah does illustrations in children's toys... thanks for the help.

  

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silver fern illustrations on children's toys These are on the surfaces of the toys themselves. Maybe they meant "illustrations of children's toys" (in books and magazines). She draws pictures of the toys.

  • silver fern illustrations on children's toys These are on the surfaces of the toys themselves.
  • Maybe they meant "illustrations of children's toys" (in books and magazines).
  • She draws pictures of the toys.
  • silver fern illustrations in children's toys No.
  • You don't want this one.
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silver fernillustrations on children's toys

These are on the surfaces of the toys themselves.

Maybe they meant "illustrations of children's toys" (in books and magazines). She draws pictures of the toys.

silver fernillustrations in children's toys

No. You don't want this one. You want

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