2007-03-20 20:12:13 · 9 answers · asked by manuel c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
They are both prepositions (placement words.)
I like the previous advice that says think of "in side" and "on top" of something.
There is a lot of bad advice out there on this one. Lots of the time, they are interchangable.
People- have you ever said "I am sitting in the chair?" Yeah, probably more often than I am sitting "on" the chair.
2007-03-20 21:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by allforasia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In spelling the difference is in the letters 'o' and 'i' . The difference in meaning is :- "on" means over something, like the book is 'on' the table. "in" means inside something, like, the book is in the desk.
2007-03-21 03:21:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In real grammar and definition in the language that is real of not degenerate structure, the two are usually synomyms (they may and can be correctly used in any context, one or the other).
2007-03-21 03:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
On = preposition it means over, at , aboute , near , against , in ;
adverb it means forward , sequel , far (away) , fiery .
In = adverb it means in(side) , at home ; at destination ;
leadership ; fashion ; available ;
preposition it means (static) at ; (dinamic) into ;
(space) within ; with ; as , since ; ~ that ; ~ so far as ;
~ so fact.
2007-03-21 04:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by Daniela F 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
u put a glass ON the table, u put a paper IN the drawer
2007-03-21 03:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by TheAceOfBabes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Above or below the surface of the object it is "on" or "in" ( On is Above in is below ) no...lol i dont know what im talking bout
2007-03-21 03:20:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
think of it this way..... on top and in side
you r on the chair in the house
2007-03-21 03:16:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"on" means over,top,above... example you sit on the chair
"in" means inside...example you are in your house
2007-03-21 03:26:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sheesh, even my two year old knows that.
2007-03-21 03:58:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋