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Chalk class 866 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
In vs on
Hello everyone! My question is about a sentence in the movie The fifth element. Some police officers are looking for Korben Dallas at his apartment building. They ask the residents to 'put their hands in the yellow circles' for identification. My question is about the use of the preposition 'in' instead of the preposition 'on'. I'd appreciate if someone can help me clarify this.
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chalk class 866 My question is about the use of the preposition 'in' instead of the preposition 'on'. I checked just now, and yes, the cop does say "in" where one would expect "on". He is reading from a card, a card presumably written by another cop, and they are not to be relied on for proper English.
- chalk class 866 My question is about the use of the preposition 'in' instead of the preposition 'on'.
- I checked just now, and yes, the cop does say "in" where one would expect "on".
- He is reading from a card, a card presumably written by another cop, and they are not to be relied on for proper English.
- This is happening in a fictional future, too, where English can be expected to have undergone change.
- Be that as it may, "in" is not totally strange if you think of it as "within".
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chalk class 866My question is about the use of the preposition 'in' instead of the preposition 'on'.
I checked just now, and yes, the cop does say "in" where one would expect "on". He is reading from a card, a card presumably written by another cop, and they are not to be relied on for proper English. This is happening in a fictional future, too, where Engl
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