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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

In the south-east (southeastern) or on the south-east (southeastern)

Hi,

When do we use the phrase "in the south-east corner" or "in the southeastern corner", compared to "on the south-east corner" or "on the southeastern corner"?

I think we say, "in the south-east corner of the table (not the table you put your food on but the table you see in math or science)" but we say, "on the south-east corner of town". Then, if we want directionally pinpoint a spot in a room that happens to be in the southeastern direction, how should we make it known?
  

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You don't say "in the south east corner" of the table, instead use "bottom right cell" or even better say something like "the cell in the 5th row, 6th column of the table" and as for 'directionally pinpointing' a location, your main confusion is whether to use 'in' or 'on', I think you can use both interchangeably.

— Reckless_waltz

  • You don't say "in the south east corner" of the table, instead use "bottom right cell" or even better say something like "the cell in the 5th row, 6th column of the table" and as for 'directionally pinpointing' a location, your main confusion is whether to use 'in' or 'on', I think you can use both interchangeably.
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You don't say "in the south east corner" of the table, instead use "bottom right cell" or even better say something like "the cell in the 5th row, 6th column of the table" and as for 'directionally pinpointing' a location, your main confusion is whether to use 'in' or 'on', I think you can use both interchangeably.
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Thank you. Is there any difference between 'south-east' and 'southeastern'?
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