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Fri 7 Jun, 2013 04:59 am
I'd thought there were many people asking common questions like this one, but somehow there isn't~
I'm writing a sentence; my instinct told me IN is OK, but I'm not sure whether ON is better; could you help me?:
-I would prefer to live in a land flowing with milk and honey.
What about reading what people say on the internet, by googling?
"live in a land flowing with milk and honey" - 816 000 hits.
"live on a land flowing with milk and honey" - 1 hit
@WBYeats,
In a land = in a country
On the land = in the countryside.
Thanks all~
This might be one of those trick instances of English prepositions, because we say:
Some animals can live both on land and in water.
@WBYeats,
And some people live off the land.
@WBYeats,
Quote:I'm writing a sentence; my instinct told me IN is OK, but I'm not sure whether ON is better; could you help me?:
-I would prefer to live in a land flowing with milk and honey.
This 'land' means the same as 'country', so it's as was noted by McTag.
Quote:This might be one of those trick instances of English prepositions, because we say:
Some animals can live both on land and in water.
This 'land' describes the physical notion of land as opposed to water.
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