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Difference between "work in" and "work on"

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00My name is Fabio and I am working on my resumee and I am not sure whether I should say I "worked in" or "worked on" in the following phrase. 02br
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00Another challenge was my intern work in an international project of several multinational companies ... 02br
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00Another challenge was my intern work on an international project of several multinational companies ... 02br
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00Do I assume correclty that by saying "worked in" means I worked on parts of the project and that by saying "worked on" means that I worked on the totality of the project? Which one is right? 02br
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00Best regards, 02br
00Fabio 02br
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00PS - please do only answer if you are sure! 0-
  

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0'In' and 'on' don't have the distinct differentiation you are suggesting here, Fabio, but 'on' is the standard choice: 'to work 01b00on02b00 a project/committee/report.' 0-
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0 Fabio, 02br
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00You work "on" a project, so the correct phrase would be the second one. 02br
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00Usually you work "in" a collective, e.g. I worked IN a team/group/company (although this can often be substituted with "for"). 02br
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00Work "on" is used for the actual work done, e.g. I will work ON my grammar, I worked ON a pro
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0 Thank you very much for your advices! This helps me a lot! 02br
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00Cheers! 02br
00Fabio 0-
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