'On' Versus 'in' when talking about websites or newspaper?
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Why does we use the phase "this article was publish on this website" but use the phrase "this article was published in this newspaper?"
Does it have something to do with the fact we say a website is online rather than inline?
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Why does we use the phase "this article was publish on this website" but use the phrase "this article was published in this newspaper?"
Does it have something to do with the fact we say a website is online rather than inline?
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I think the only answer is "because that's what people say". Prepositions are very variable and idiomatic. Maybe "on" comes from looking at things "on a screen"? While you have to open a newspaper to see inside.
– James Random
7 hours ago
@JamesRandom It's also true that we think of websites as 'places' in the virtual world. We must do because we talk about visiting them. An individual copy of a newspaper, however, is a physical good that we buy, and therefore own. In this sense it is like a book and words have always been in books. Furthermore a website is more like a poster, or notice board than a newspaper since there is only one copy and every visitor looks at that copy. We never say that something was posted in the office notice board, it's always on the notice board so on a website is consistent with that.
– BoldBen
3 hours ago
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Why does we use the phase "this article was publish on this website" but use the phrase "this article was published in this newspaper?"
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Why does we use the phase "this article was publish on this website" but use the phrase "this article was published in this newspaper?"
Does it have something to do with the fact we say a website is online rather than inline?
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I think the only answer is "because that's what people say". Prepositions are very variable and idiomatic. Maybe "on" comes from looking at things "on a screen"? While you have to open a newspaper to see inside.
– James Random
7 hours ago
@JamesRandom It's also true that we think of websites as 'places' in the virtual world. We must do because we talk about visiting them. An individual copy of a newspaper, however, is a physical good that we buy, and therefore own. In this sense it is like a book and words have always been in books. Furthermore a website is more like a poster, or notice board than a newspaper since there is only one copy and every visitor looks at that copy. We never say that something was posted in the office notice board, it's always on the notice board so on a website is consistent with that.
– BoldBen
3 hours ago
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I think the only answer is "because that's what people say". Prepositions are very variable and idiomatic. Maybe "on" comes from looking at things "on a screen"? While you have to open a newspaper to see inside.
– James Random
7 hours ago
@JamesRandom It's also true that we think of websites as 'places' in the virtual world. We must do because we talk about visiting them. An individual copy of a newspaper, however, is a physical good that we buy, and therefore own. In this sense it is like a book and words have always been in books. Furthermore a website is more like a poster, or notice board than a newspaper since there is only one copy and every visitor looks at that copy. We never say that something was posted in the office notice board, it's always on the notice board so on a website is consistent with that.
– BoldBen
3 hours ago
I think the only answer is "because that's what people say". Prepositions are very variable and idiomatic. Maybe "on" comes from looking at things "on a screen"? While you have to open a newspaper to see inside.
– James Random
7 hours ago
I think the only answer is "because that's what people say". Prepositions are very variable and idiomatic. Maybe "on" comes from looking at things "on a screen"? While you have to open a newspaper to see inside.
– James Random
7 hours ago
@JamesRandom It's also true that we think of websites as 'places' in the virtual world. We must do because we talk about visiting them. An individual copy of a newspaper, however, is a physical good that we buy, and therefore own. In this sense it is like a book and words have always been in books. Furthermore a website is more like a poster, or notice board than a newspaper since there is only one copy and every visitor looks at that copy. We never say that something was posted in the office notice board, it's always on the notice board so on a website is consistent with that.
– BoldBen
3 hours ago
@JamesRandom It's also true that we think of websites as 'places' in the virtual world. We must do because we talk about visiting them. An individual copy of a newspaper, however, is a physical good that we buy, and therefore own. In this sense it is like a book and words have always been in books. Furthermore a website is more like a poster, or notice board than a newspaper since there is only one copy and every visitor looks at that copy. We never say that something was posted in the office notice board, it's always on the notice board so on a website is consistent with that.
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3 hours ago
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I think the only answer is "because that's what people say". Prepositions are very variable and idiomatic. Maybe "on" comes from looking at things "on a screen"? While you have to open a newspaper to see inside.
– James Random
7 hours ago
@JamesRandom It's also true that we think of websites as 'places' in the virtual world. We must do because we talk about visiting them. An individual copy of a newspaper, however, is a physical good that we buy, and therefore own. In this sense it is like a book and words have always been in books. Furthermore a website is more like a poster, or notice board than a newspaper since there is only one copy and every visitor looks at that copy. We never say that something was posted in the office notice board, it's always on the notice board so on a website is consistent with that.
– BoldBen
3 hours ago