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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Preposition

Please answer my question. Which is correct?
1.They are playing in the field.
2. They are playing on the field.
  

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Both are common. So either one. " You must use the quotation marks to capture the phrase in your search.

  • Both are common.
  • So either one.
  • " You must use the quotation marks to capture the phrase in your search.
  • Intuitively, I thought ON the field made more sense.
  • But then I thought about it some more, I decided against that.
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Both are common. So either one.

To confirm this you could search on Google, "They are playing in the field." And "They are playing on the field." You must use the quotation marks to capture the phrase in your search.

Intuitively, I thought ON the field made more sense. But then I thought about it some more, I decided against that. You could say, "she was in the field of p

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