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I have check the outskirts entry in Cambridge's Dictionary and found out that I could use either on or in.

The factory is in/on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Since when have industrial estates become islands?!

But this sentence from this ELL book has puzzled me! Why would I use "on an industrial estate"? The natural choice is to use in.

Last year a new language school opened on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Saint-Jean-sur-Arc.

There are no examples nor comments about the "industrial estate" entry in Cambridge's dictionary; just the definition.

These two examples were quoted from COCA with "hidden in":

The elegant Dawoodi Bohra Shi'a Masjid in Northolt is hidden away in a London industrial estate.

And "work on":

This paper reports on an outbreak of abdominal pain and vomiting in 12 people who worked on a small industrial estate in rural Cheshire (in the United Kingdom).

Any comments?

I have check the outskirts entry in Cambridge's Dictionary and found out that I could use either on or in.

The factory is in/on the outskirts of New Delhi.

But this sentence from this ELL book has puzzled me! Why would I use "on an industrial estate"? The natural choice is to use in.

Last year a new language school opened on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Saint-Jean-sur-Arc.

There are no examples nor comments about the "industrial estate" entry in Cambridge's dictionary; just the definition.

These two examples were quoted from COCA with "hidden in":

The elegant Dawoodi Bohra Shi'a Masjid in Northolt is hidden away in a London industrial estate.

And "work on":

This paper reports on an outbreak of abdominal pain and vomiting in 12 people who worked on a small industrial estate in rural Cheshire (in the United Kingdom).

Any comments?

I have check the outskirts entry in Cambridge's Dictionary and found out that I could use either on or in.

The factory is in/on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Since when have industrial estates become islands?!

But this sentence from this ELL book has puzzled me! Why would I use "on an industrial estate"? The natural choice is to use in.

Last year a new language school opened on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Saint-Jean-sur-Arc.

There are no examples nor comments about the "industrial estate" entry in Cambridge's dictionary; just the definition.

These two examples were quoted from COCA with "hidden in":

The elegant Dawoodi Bohra Shi'a Masjid in Northolt is hidden away in a London industrial estate.

And "work on":

This paper reports on an outbreak of abdominal pain and vomiting in 12 people who worked on a small industrial estate in rural Cheshire (in the United Kingdom).

Any comments?

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prepositions with (Industrial estate)

I have check the outskirts entry in Cambridge's Dictionary and found out that I could use either on or in.

The factory is in/on the outskirts of New Delhi.

But this sentence from this ELL book has puzzled me! Why would I use "on an industrial estate"? The natural choice is to use in.

Last year a new language school opened on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Saint-Jean-sur-Arc.

There are no examples nor comments about the "industrial estate" entry in Cambridge's dictionary; just the definition.

These two examples were quoted from COCA with "hidden in":

The elegant Dawoodi Bohra Shi'a Masjid in Northolt is hidden away in a London industrial estate.

And "work on":

This paper reports on an outbreak of abdominal pain and vomiting in 12 people who worked on a small industrial estate in rural Cheshire (in the United Kingdom).

Any comments?