Someone is on the line

0 yes it is wrong to say he/she is now in the line..........here in the line means the peron is inside it i mean inside phone so it's absolutely wrong to usepreposition 'in' the only correct preposition is 'on'02br
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1b00in02b00 the line would mean he/she is physically located 01b00inside02b00 the phone line--01b00absurd02b00. 0-

0hi how r yu iam on line yu can chat with me 0-

0So we conclude that someone now is on the line but he is also in the phone!0-

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10When we're mentioning that one is now talking in the phone, is it to say 'He/she is now 11b10on12b10 the line'? So is it wrong for that 'He/she is now 11b10in12b10 the line'?12br
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0HuaMin Chen, 02br
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00The person is not IN the phone, it's ON the phone, just like it's ON the line.0-

0 The same applies with 'toilet'.02br
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00Sorry, I couldn't resist.0-

0Yes, we have discuss it recently in the forum. For Americans, toilet means the plumbing fixture. If you say "I am going to wash my hands in the toilet", they'll respond with "Yuck!" People can't be 01b00in02b00 the toilet. However, in British English, toilet can also mean the room containing the fixture. There is nothing wrong to be 01b00in02b00

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00There is nothing wrong 11font11del10to be12del10 with being12font10 11b10in12b10 the toilet.12blockquote

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0Oh, yes. Thanks, Jim. 0-