Timeline for Is 'in a/the/[name] street' v. ''on a/the/[name] street'' a BrE/AmE thing?
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| Feb 15, 2021 at 6:29 | vote | accept | Sergey Zolotarev | ||
| Jan 3, 2021 at 14:15 | comment | added | cactustictacs | This is a really common example that gets used to demonstrate prepositions and how complicated they are (at an address on a street in a town). I think generally on is used for the general address where something is located (the high street can be more of a conceptual place!) whereas in is more of a literal, physical description. To me in the street sounds like you're literally positioned in the road or on the pavement, "in a back alley" gives a sense of having to go into the alley to get to the shop, and makes it feel less like a "normal" address (unlike "side street") | |
| Jan 3, 2021 at 1:13 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |