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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
in or on
Hi,
I think most of the sentential situations we enounter, we use "on" when we want to say someone is standing there like in "John is standing on the playground" but when you use certain area words like "yard," it has to be "in" as in "John is standing in the yard." Is that right?
standing/playing in the lawn/yard?? Any other similar area words that use "in"??
I think most of the sentential situations we enounter, we use "on" when we want to say someone is standing there like in "John is standing on the playground" but when you use certain area words like "yard," it has to be "in" as in "John is standing in the yard." Is that right?
standing/playing in the lawn/yard?? Any other similar area words that use "in"??
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Until I signed up on these forums I had never given prepositions a second thought. Since then I have discovered, to my surprise, how difficult they are for non-native speakers. I have also concluded that much of their use is idiomatic rather that logical.
- Until I signed up on these forums I had never given prepositions a second thought.
- Since then I have discovered, to my surprise, how difficult they are for non-native speakers.
- I have also concluded that much of their use is idiomatic rather that logical.
- The "in/on the yard" question being a case in point.
- " I guess it's just a matter of memorization.
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Until I signed up on these forums I had never given prepositions a second thought. Since then I have discovered, to my surprise, how difficult they are for non-native speakers. I have also concluded that much of their use is idiomatic rather that logical. The "in/on the yard" question being a case in point. Clearly, a logical case can be made either way but idiomatically we say "in the yard." I g
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