{"id":576,"date":"2018-10-24T16:55:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.orochinagi.com\/?page_id=576"},"modified":"2018-10-28T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T13:52:44","slug":"prepositions-on","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/grammar\/prepositions-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepositions: on"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>positions<\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>On is used to describe the position of an object in relation to another.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The book is <strong>on<\/strong> the table.<\/p>\n<p>The page is in the book. The words are <strong>on<\/strong> the page.<\/p>\n<p>The poster is <strong>on<\/strong> the wall.<\/p>\n<p>She works <strong>on<\/strong> the second floor. (Do not use <em>at<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The friends are <strong>on<\/strong> the beach = Describing position.<\/p>\n<p>The friends are <strong>at<\/strong> the beach = Describing location.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find him standing <strong>on<\/strong> the corner<\/p>\n<p>He lives <strong>on<\/strong> an island. (This only works for small islands, not for the U.K. etc.)<\/p>\n<p>He lives in the U.K. (not <em>on<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The button is <strong>on<\/strong> the left.<\/p>\n<p>The option is <strong>on<\/strong> the menu<\/p>\n<p>You can find it <strong>on<\/strong> a map<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>activity<\/h5>\n<p>I&#8217;m working <strong>on<\/strong> something.<\/p>\n<p>Please knock <strong>on<\/strong> the door before you enter!<\/p>\n<p>They are <strong>on<\/strong> the bed = on top of the covers<\/p>\n<p>They are in the bed = under the covers<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s in the taxi = sitting inside<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s <strong>on<\/strong> the taxi = standing on the roof (only works for cars)<\/p>\n<p>They are <strong>on<\/strong> the train = inside the train (if you want to specify standing on the roof, you have to say it)<\/p>\n<h5>Time<\/h5>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t be late, be <strong>on<\/strong> time<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>positions On is used to describe the position of an object in relation to another.\u00a0 The book is on the table. The page is in the book. The words are on the page. The poster is on the wall. She works on the second floor. (Do not use at) The friends are on the beach &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/grammar\/prepositions-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Prepositions: on&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":510,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/576\/revisions\/616"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}