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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

on/over the Internet

0The tickets to the concert are sold __ the Internet.02br
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00Which preposition should I use to fill in the above blank, on or over?0-
  

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0<on the net >02br
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00Should that be "01font00N02font00et"?0-
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0 to buy/sell sth on the Internet 02br
00to find sth on the Internet 02br
00accessible via the Internet02br
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00Internet / Net/net (01i00informal02i00)0-
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01cite10Milky12cite10Should that be "11font10N12font10et"?12br
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10Hi Milky02br
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00Is "should" deontic here?0-
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0 Both 01b00on/over02b00 are used, with 01b00on 02b00being more popular in general. 02br
02br
00 It seems that 01b00over02b00 has more popularity on the BrE (see stats at the BBC) than on AmE sites. 02br
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00 "The Internet" is preferred to "the Net." 02br
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