It is on the contract?

[B45]

Is it in the contract?

VS

Is it on the contract?

Are both okay?

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you simply asking about the difference based on "in" or "on", or are you asking if you can reverse the first two words of the question (as you have done)?

 

[B45]

Are you simply asking about the difference based on "in" or "on", or are you asking if you can reverse the first two words of the question (as you have done)?

Are both okay and grammatical? And is there a difference in usage?

 

[emsr2d2]

You haven't answered my question.

 

[B45]

You haven't answered my question.

I'd like to know the meaning of in and on in the sentence. And I've correct the mistake.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks for correcting the mistake.

I would use "in the contract". "On" is not wrong, though, in my opinion.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I would only use "in".

 

[B45]

I would only use "in".

What about his name is in/on the contract.

Are both okay?

 

[MikeNewYork]

With "name", I would use "in". If you use "signature", I would use "on".

 

[B45]

Why's there a difference in usage here? I don't get it.

 

[Rover_KE]

Nobody said English was logical.

 

[bhaisahab]

Why's there a difference in usage here? I don't get it.

That's English, Batman. ;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

Why's there a difference in usage here? I don't get it.

I would say that the contract itself is a thing. What it contains is "in" it. The signature is not part of the contract per se. It is a way of approving what comes before it. In that sense, the signature is not a part of the contract. So one puts their signature on a contract to approve what is in the contract. Does that help?