When you are reading a passage, do you say there is a mistake in line three or on line three?
J Jasmine_Jafari Member Joined Jun 5, 2015 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran Aug 21, 2015 #1 When you are reading a passage, do you say there is a mistake in line three or on line three?
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Aug 21, 2015 #2 You will hear both.
P Polyester Senior Member Joined Apr 29, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Aug 22, 2015 #3 Are both very common in your country?
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Aug 22, 2015 #4 Yes.
T TheParser VIP Member Joined Dec 8, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Aug 22, 2015 #5 ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** Hello, Jasmine: Those two prepositions confuse me, too. I have just decided to follow Michael Swan's advice (in his Practical English Usage): "In" is used to talk about the position of things which actually form part of the line: His example: "There's a misprint in line 6 on page 22." Recently I was reading what a journalist told some journalism students: "Put it [the important facts] all in the first line."
***** NOT A TEACHER ***** Hello, Jasmine: Those two prepositions confuse me, too. I have just decided to follow Michael Swan's advice (in his Practical English Usage): "In" is used to talk about the position of things which actually form part of the line: His example: "There's a misprint in line 6 on page 22." Recently I was reading what a journalist told some journalism students: "Put it [the important facts] all in the first line."
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Aug 22, 2015 #6 Polyester said: Are both very common in your country? Click to expand... In the US, "in" is far more common.
Polyester said: Are both very common in your country? Click to expand... In the US, "in" is far more common.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Aug 22, 2015 #7 I would say that "in" is more common in BrE, too.