In/on the street

[Nonverbis]

Could you tell me whether I'm correct saying that:
1. Children are playing in the street.
2. A bank is on the street? For example, on the Strand.

 

[Rover_KE]

I'd say the same as you in these situations, but opinions differ and there are no absolute rules.

See this earlier thread.

 

[emsr2d2]

Sentence #2 is rather unnatural. We'd say "There is a bank in/on the street". There is little agreement across the variants of English about whether to use "in" or "on" with "the road/street/avenue".

 

[Yankee]

Could you tell me whether I'm correct saying that:
1. Children are playing in the street.
2. A bank is on the street? For example, on the Strand.
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AmE: In general and with previous responses considered, yes, e.g. #2 "...on the boulevard/on Main St.

 

[probus]

My impression is that British English tends to favour in over on with street or road, but more than fifty years have elapsed since my last sojourn in England, so usage may have changed.

 

[5jj]

My impression is that British English tends to favour in over on with street or road, .

We did indeed fifty years ago. I still do, but I am past my 'best-by' date in such matters.

 

[emsr2d2]

For me, it still depends on the size and importance of the road in question.
The house I grew up was in a long, wide, completely residential road - let's call it Westdown Avenue. I said then, and I still say, that that house was/is in Westdown Avenue. The flat I live in now is on a long, wide, major road that runs for over 3 miles from the centre of town to a fairly rural area nearby. Let's call it Lewis Road. I now say that my flat is on Lewis Road.