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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Posted on/in/at

I posted an article on/in/at EnglishForward.com.

I posted an article on/in/at General English Grammar Questions of Englishforum.com.

I'd use 'on' in both. Is either in or at also acceptable?
Can I leave an article out if they know what I'm talking about?

Thanks
LiJ
  

Top answer

Things get a little hazy one you enter the www. It's easy to visualize posting an article ON a corkboard or bulletin board that is physically on a wall. You can also think of a forum as a frequently updated bulletin board that is physically on a wall.

  • Things get a little hazy one you enter the www.
  • It's easy to visualize posting an article ON a corkboard or bulletin board that is physically on a wall.
  • You can also think of a forum as a frequently updated bulletin board that is physically on a wall.
  • But when it comes to the www, the idea "World Wide Web" is something IN which things are contained.
  • We say "caught IN a web" -- not ON.
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Things get a little hazy one you enter the www.

It's easy to visualize posting an article ON a corkboard or bulletin board that is physically on a wall. You can also think of a forum as a frequently updated bulletin board that is physically on a wall.

But when it comes to the www, the idea "World Wide Web" is something IN which things are contained. We say "caught IN a web" --
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I will also use IN.Emotion: smile
Your comment really helped me understand this issue. Thank you very much, Arvsworld.

LiJ

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