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Thienfoverl Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
on vs. in
I did not do well (in/on) the test.
Both sound fine to me, what is the difference, which one should be used in formal writing.
Both sound fine to me, what is the difference, which one should be used in formal writing.
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The difference between 'in' and 'on' is that 'in' is an immersive experience - inside something - whilst 'on' is more of a coming-together or collision giving the reading more of an observer/outsider feeling. As children we learn 'in' and 'on' (and many other such words) from their physical meanings, and so all the less physical usages still carry the feelings of those physical uses. d
- The difference between 'in' and 'on' is that 'in' is an immersive experience - inside something - whilst 'on' is more of a coming-together or collision giving the reading more of an observer/outsider feeling.
- As children we learn 'in' and 'on' (and many other such words) from their physical meanings, and so all the less physical usages still carry the feelings of those physical uses.
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The difference between 'in' and 'on' is that 'in' is an immersive experience - inside something - whilst 'on' is more of a coming-together or collision giving the reading more of an observer/outsider feeling.
As children we learn 'in' and 'on' (and many other such words) from their physical meanings, and so all the less physical usages still carry the feelings of those physical uses.
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As children we learn 'in' and 'on' (and many other such words) from their physical meanings, and so all the less physical usages still carry the feelings of those physical uses.
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