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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Number on/in a phone

Which is correct and why?:
"Does Ron have a secret number of Dona on/in his phone?"

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I wouldn't call 'in' wrong, but I always hear 'on'. "

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I wouldn't call 'in' wrong, but I always hear 'on'.

"Does Ron have a secret number for Donna on his phone?"
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If it is stored in the phone's electronic memory, it is "in" the phone.
If Ron wrote Dona's secret number with a marker on the outside surface of the phone, it is "on" the phone. In that case, it would not be a secret for very long.
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Thanks for answering Clive and AEmotion: starS. Actually I read the sentence in an entertainment magazine, where the writer was speaking about t
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fatimah0786I am really confused about which one to use. Is there any consensus on this, I mean which is used often?
Do you want British or American English? There are many differences between them.
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There may also be an age-difference involved. Young and old people often speak differently.

(I'm not thinking specifically of myself and A-stars!
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I would say "in", but I wouldn't think it odd if someone said "on".
A check of GloWbe suggests "in" is much more common in this context, but "on" is not unknown.
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Thanks for the replies everyone.Emotion: smile

Do you want British or American English? There are many differences between them.
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