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: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#577772Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577772Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#577772http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-577772.xml&quot;on top&quot; simply indicates where something is located which means attached to the highest point or plane of an object. Example top of the table. &quot;at the top&quot; points to that same highest point of of an object, but in contrast to being enywhere else on the object in question, as far as height is concerned. It&#39;s like saying &quot;at the very top&quot; and not just close to it. It could also be figurative, but with the same picure: &quot;I shouted at the top of my lungs.&quot; This means as loud as I possibly could, and not just loud. Carlo Salcedohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#570369Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:570369Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#570369http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-570369.xmlI am currently teaching my first grader from China and this is what we have in our workbook: A mouse is sitting on top ( of something). Who is on the bottom( of that something)? At is used only if a narrator wants to point a specific point that an object is at.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#505007Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:505007New2grammar2http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#505007http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-505007.xmlAny thoughts?http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504468Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504468New2grammar3http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504468http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-504468.xmlMy understanding is the top of the mountain means the mountain&#39;s top/peak and at is a preposition of location. So I have no problem with this phrase. Please correct me if my interpretation is flawed. On top of something sounds like it&#39;s on top and not on the bottom. So top here is used to indicate position. I guess I would use it in contexts where arrangement of things are concerned - the blue book is on top of the yellow pages. Regarding on the top of something, I&#39;m stuck. Please explain what you think of them and correct me if I&#39;m wrong. Thanks a bunch!http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504464Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504464Feebs114http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504464http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-504464.xmlMy preference in this context is &quot;at the top of the mountain&quot;. It is usable - You can see the lights at the top of the mountain. The police noted that flashing lights were observed at the top of the mountain. When you arrive at the top of the mountain, you have achieved a personal goal.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504450Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504450Yoong Liat5http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504450http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-504450.xmlHi YL, do you mind explaining what you think of each of the choices? Thanks! Two lost mountain hikers were rescued when a private plane saw flashing lights of the mountain, on the top of &#39; the mountain -- There are two the&#39;s and so on top is more appropriate. at the top of &#39; the mountain -- Something is not at the top of another thing. The clock is at the top of the cupboard. (not correct) The clock is on top of the cupboard. (correct)http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504069Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504069New2grammar6http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504069http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-504069.xmlHi YL, do you mind explaining what you think of each of the choices? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504067Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504067Yoong Liat7http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htm#504067http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-504067.xmlThe best choice,, to me, is &#39;on top&#39;.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 18:49:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504063New2grammar8http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTopOnTheTopAtTheTop/grkcn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-504063.xmlTwo lost mountain hikers were rescued when a private plane saw flashing lights of the mountain. Which choices are correct? Thanks!