[Grammar] Which one is correct: “I live IN this street” or “I live ON this street”?

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O'Shyrnedee

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Good afternoon, everyone!
Which one is correct:

  1. I live in this street
  2. I live on this street
I would like to know which one is correct or whether both of them are possible in standard English. If they are both possible, which one is more common in British English?
I know that we usually say: "I live on Fennel Street" (on+street name), "I live at 10 Fennel Street" (at+house number) and "I live on the street" (=homeless), but I would like to know which preposition should be used preceding the determiner "this" and/or when we are pointing at the street where we live.
 
Hi, and welcome to the forum. :hi:

Please correct the location and native language information in your profile. We need to know this to answer as well as possible.
 
There is nothing wrong with my L1 or place of birth.:-|
Not any more. Thanks.

We say "I live on Fennel Street" in American English. I think the British usually use "in".
 
Who needs carbon dating when there's prepositional dating?
 
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