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missdaredevil

Joined: 08 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: in or on

Do you put things on a car or in a car? Thanks

Lorikeet

Joined: 08 Oct 2005
Posts: 1877
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:09 am Post subject: Re: in or on

missdaredevil wrote:

Do you put things on a car or in a car?

Thanks

If you open the door or the trunk and put something inside, you put it in the car. If you put something on top of the car temporarily, you could say you put it on the car. But you better take it off before you start to drive, or it will fall off!

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