Language/English/Grammar/On:-place

 On: place

"On" is used to talk about position on a line (for example a road or a river)

 

Examples:

• His house is on the way from Aberdeen to Dundee.

• Stratford is on the river Avon. 

"in" is used for the position of things which form part of the line

Examples:

• There’s a misprint in line 6 on page 22.

• Who’s the good-looking boy in the sixth row? 

"On" is used for position on a surface

Examples:

• Hurry up - supper’s on the table!

• That picture would look better on the other wall.

• There's a big spider on the ceiling.  

"On" can mean 'attached to'

Examples:

• Why do you wear that ring on your first finger?

• There aren’t many apples on the tree this year.  

"On" is also used for position by a lake or sea

Examples:

• Bowness is on Lake Windermere. Southend-on-Sea

Related Lessons

• THE: use it or not
• Possible Positions of Adverbs in a Sentence
• False Ellipsis (Part 2)
• The Possessive Case
• Comparison of Adjectives
• Adjectives ending in ly
• Miscellaneous collocations
• Alternate(ly) and alternative(ly)
• Negations