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in street or on street?
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pipetochka
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in street or on street?
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in the sentence "He leaves his house in Church street and drives to work" we should use the preposition "in" or "on"? |
28 Apr 2009
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gabitza
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I think that both are correct! |
28 Apr 2009
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Zora
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"On" is the correct choice. i.e. He lives on 4th Street. 
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28 Apr 2009
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arlissa
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For that sentence you should use "on".
He lives on Park Avenue.
However, you can use in for some situations. For example:
Jenny and Tom played basketball in the street.
(to show they were playing in the middle of the street)
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28 Apr 2009
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Jayho
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Formally we should use �on � as the preposition of place with street addresses but informally locals will use �in �. For example, if I said �on � with my actual street name people would give me a blank look. Sometimes �in � just sounds better even though it is not grammatically correct.
If you need to clarify further just google prepositions of place. |
28 Apr 2009
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