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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

in / on

do we say to live in a farm or on a farm
  

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The phrase "in a farm" is not used in English. "On a farm" is correct.

  • The phrase "in a farm" is not used in English.
  • "On a farm" is correct.
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The phrase "in a farm" is not used in English. "On a farm" is correct.
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"On a farm" is correct for all verbs. You'd never say "in a farm" in English, whether you were trying to say you lived there, worked there, repaired some equipment there... it's always "on a farm" (or "on the farm" for a specific farm).

It's quite irregular and there's no easy rule to remember, you just have to learn them individually:

"We work on a farm"
"We work on a planta

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