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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

In or on

Which sentence is correct:

It is really cold up here in San Francisco bay area.

It is really cold up here on San Francisco bay area.

Is the sentence in general correct?
  

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It is really cold up here in the San Francisco B ay area. It is really cold up here on San Francisco B ay. area .

  • It is really cold up here in the San Francisco B ay area.
  • It is really cold up here on San Francisco B ay.
  • area .
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It is really cold up here in the San Francisco Bay area.

It is really cold up here on San Francisco Bay. area.
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Thank you. But would you please explain why you used 'on' for the second sentence and 'in' for the first. I always thought that in should be used for a location or area. Such as in the city, in california etc..

Is there a rule for this for me to use for the future.
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AnonymousThank you. But would you please explain why you used 'on' for the second sentence and 'in' for the first.
It is really cold up here in the San Francisco Bay area. - You are somewhere in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay.

It is really cold up here on San Francisco Bay. You are in a boat on the surface of a body of water.

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