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In/on the territory
"On the territory of such and such country": is there any situation where you would use the preposition "on" here or is only "in" correct?
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[/nq] The only situation where I would regard "on" as possibly correct is if there was some reason external to the "territory" expression that seemed to demand it. " I don't think I'd say this I'd say "in Russian territory" but I can imagine someone else using "on", because they wanted to continue the image of the plane looking for a safe thing* to land *on*, rather than a safe *country* to land *in , right up to the point where it actually lands. " Churchill My text in this article is in the public domain.
- [/nq] The only situation where I would regard "on" as possibly correct is if there was some reason external to the "territory" expression that seemed to demand it.
- " I don't think I'd say this I'd say "in Russian territory" but I can imagine someone else using "on", because they wanted to continue the image of the plane looking for a safe thing* to land *on*, rather than a safe *country* to land *in , right up to the point where it actually lands.
- " Churchill My text in this article is in the public domain.
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[nq:1]"On the territory of such and such country": is there any situation where you would use the preposition "on" here or is only "in" correct?[/nq]
The only situation where I would regard "on" as possibly correct is if there was some reason external to the "territory" expression that seemed to demand it.
For example, "The damaged plane landed on the nearest island but its crew found that
The only situation where I would regard "on" as possibly correct is if there was some reason external to the "territory" expression that seemed to demand it.
For example, "The damaged plane landed on the nearest island but its crew found that
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[nq:2]"On the territory of such and such country": is there any situation where you would use the preposition "on" here or is only "in" correct?[/nq]
[nq:1]The only situation where I would regard "on" as possibly correct is if there was some reason external to the ... to land on*, rather than a safe *country* to land *in, right up to the point where it actually lands.[/nq]
I'd use "
[nq:1]The only situation where I would regard "on" as possibly correct is if there was some reason external to the ... to land on*, rather than a safe *country* to land *in, right up to the point where it actually lands.[/nq]
I'd use "
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