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Ars Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

"to switch on sth" or "to switch sth on"?

Hello

I have a problem with the word order. Which of the following two sentences is correct?

Please switch on the light.
or
Please switch the light on.

Can possibly both be correct and one maybe more common or "better" english?

thank you for your help.
ars
  

Top answer

Hi The first one is better but we can use switch sth on with pronouns for example: Switch it on I hope it was helpful

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  • Hi The first one is better but we can use switch sth on with pronouns for example: Switch it on I hope it was helpful
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Hi
The first one is better
but we can use switch sth on with pronouns
for example:

Switch it on

I hope it was helpful
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Neither one is better. Both are correct.
Where I live, people more commonly say "Please switch the light on."
But if there are many words between "switch" and "on", we will put "switch on" together.

That is, we would say, "Please switch on the light over the kitchen table."
We would not say, "Please switch the light over the kitchen table on."

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