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Sparkle9 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Do you say "in" or "on" the North Pole and why?
Hello 
So far I've only found sentences that used "in" the North Pole as if the North Pole was a continent (in America/Asia/...), but I thought that the North Pole was rather an island and you usually use "on" for islands, so why is "in" the right preposition?
Thank you!
So far I've only found sentences that used "in" the North Pole as if the North Pole was a continent (in America/Asia/...), but I thought that the North Pole was rather an island and you usually use "on" for islands, so why is "in" the right preposition?
Thank you!
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If I ever got there, I'd be 'at' the North Pole. The North Pole is neither a continent nor an island. It's a location.
- If I ever got there, I'd be 'at' the North Pole.
- The North Pole is neither a continent nor an island.
- It's a location.
- The Arctic is an ocean.
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If I ever got there, I'd be 'at' the North Pole. The North Pole is neither a continent nor an island. It's a location. The Arctic is an ocean.
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There are four towns named North Pole in the US (Alaska, New York, Oklahoma, Idaho) and a theme park named "North Pole" in Colorado.
You can be in any of these places.
There are two distinct physical point locations called the north pole. There is the point where the earth's axis of rotation (a line) interests the earth's surface, and also the magnetic north pole, whic
You can be in any of these places.
There are two distinct physical point locations called the north pole. There is the point where the earth's axis of rotation (a line) interests the earth's surface, and also the magnetic north pole, whic
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