IN or ON?

Hi,

1. I saw some apples on/ in the trees. On. Here, it means 'attached to'.

2. There's a towel hanging in/on the tree. I'd say 'on', but see the comment in #4.

3. There are many leaves in/on the tree. The same as #1.

4. We are sitt

But do people say "a towel hanging in the tree?"

Because I heard some people say it..

Thanks a lot!

Hi,

Well, if you hear people saying it, then obviously people say it!

I tried to say in my earlier comment that it's possible, depending on how you are thinking about it.

Best wishes again, Clive

Davidrock65But do people say "a towel hanging in the tree?"

Because I heard some people say it..

Thanks a lot!

That's fine, if the towel either got there by accident - windblown, etc - or the speaker doesn't know how it happened to get into the tree. Also, you can use "in" if the towel is not on the external part of a branch, but is

Does it incorrect to say that apples are in the tree?

You dry the clotes on a cord in summer. Am I wrong?

Hi,

Is it incorrect to say that apples are in the tree? Yes. Say '. . . on the tree . . . '

You dry the clothes on a cord in summer. Am I wrong? 'On' is correct. [We say a 'line', not a 'cord'.]

Best wishes, Clive

Hi,

Is it incorrect to say that apples are in the tree? Yes. Say '. . . on the tree . . . '

You dry the clothes on a cord in summer. Am I wrong? 'On' is correct. [We say a 'line', not a 'cord'.]

Best wishes, Clive

Thanks Clive for the reply. Now I have learnt to say apples are on the tree.

Let us talk about potatoes, sweet potatoes or manioc. The fruit of the plant is under earth.


Would you say potatoes are on this plant? Here I mean while pointion out at a plant of potatoes.

Obviously, there are other sensible ways of describing this; you could say, for example, you

Rotter.

My question is whether it is apprpriate to use the preposition 'on' like the way you describe apples on a tree.

Yes, vegetables and fruit are also on the plant.

How about flowers? Some flower species have a bunch of flowers.

Would you say there are a lot flowers on this plant?