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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

in/on the back cover

What's the difference in meaning between in the back cover and on the back cover?
  

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Only on the back cover is correct in most cases. The author's photo is on the back cover. The price is on the back cover.

— Nona the brit

  • Only on the back cover is correct in most cases.
  • The author's photo is on the back cover.
  • The price is on the back cover.
  • The illustration on the back cover is wonderful.
  • Stick the sale label on the back cover.
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Only on the back cover is correct in most cases. The author's photo is on the back cover. The price is on the back cover. The illustration on the back cover is wonderful. Stick the sale label on the back cover.

'in the back cover' might be used when you are not talking about the back cover itself but something 'attached' to it. For example, 'you will find the name of the hotel hidden in t
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what is "back cover"?
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Place the book or magazine on a table so that it is ready to read. To open it so that you can read it, the first thing you must do is lift the front cover. The back cover is the other side of the book or magazine from the front cover. The covers of a book are the outermost, and usually the hardest, parts that hold it together.

CJ
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Please write your class, name and seat number in the back cover of your book in case you lose it.

The above sentence is quoted from a book written by an American teacher of English.

Is it possible that in the back cover means inside the back cover here?
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Is it possible that in the back cover means inside the back cover here?
Yes. That's exactly what it means!

CJ
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