http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenInAndOn/vbrnw/post.htm#339316Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:11:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:339316CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenInAndOn/vbrnw/post.htm#339316http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-339316.xmlIn the most literal sense, on has to do with contact between surfaces, in has to do with enclosure and containment. The pen is on the book. The book is on the table. The man is on the roof. The newspaper is on the floor. The picture is on the wall. The water is in the glass. The car is in the garage. The students are in the gym. The chocolates are in the box. The milk is in the refrigerator. For non-literal usage, it is not always possible to predict exactly which preposition is to be used. These may have to be learned as expressions. on my mind, on fire, on tap, on the run in a good mood, in trouble, in the way CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenInAndOn/vbrnw/post.htm#339239Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:11:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:339239Yoong Liat1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenInAndOn/vbrnw/post.htm#339239http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-339239.xmlAnonymous wrote: English was not the first language I've learned so speaking it irritates me when I dont know how to form my sentence correctly. What is the difference between in and on.. Could you provide more context?http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenInAndOn/vbrnw/post.htmTue, 24 Feb 2009 02:11:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:339226Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenInAndOn/vbrnw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-339226.xmlEnglish was not the first language I've learned so speaking it irritates me when I dont know how to form my sentence correctly. What is the difference between in and on..