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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

which is correct?

(1) browse the Internet
(2) browse on the Internet

Are both of them correct or either one of them is correct?
  

Top answer

The first is correct. But strictly speaking, you browse the World Wide Web - that is where all the information is. The Internet is merely the multitude of small individual networks that transport the WWW.

— Anonymous

  • The first is correct.
  • But strictly speaking, you browse the World Wide Web - that is where all the information is.
  • The Internet is merely the multitude of small individual networks that transport the WWW.
  • But I concede that "browsing the Internet" is now the standard expression.
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The first is correct. But strictly speaking, you browse the World Wide Web - that is where all the information is. The Internet is merely the multitude of small individual networks that transport the WWW. But I concede that "browsing the Internet" is now the standard expression.
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Thank you very much for your detailed instruction!
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