[Grammar] I put the coat on the back of the chair.

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beachboy

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1) I put the coat on the back of the chair.
2) I put the coat at the back of the chair.
3) I put the coat over the back of the chair.

Is there any difference between the three sentences?
 

Charlie Bernstein

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The first is the most natural. The second is wrong. The third is okay but not quite as common as the first.
 
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