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My native language is Spanish

  • When I have that to use "on"?, I read some message like "On my server", "On skype", And more.. But I cannot understand it, why "on"?.

I need know it, thanks!.

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    Prepositions can be some of the most difficult bits in a language, any language. In English, on usually means what en does in Spanish, and sometimes sobre.
    – Robusto
    Oct 31, 2016 at 21:10
  • Yes I know it, but I don't find difference between "On" and "In", In Spanish you can say "En mi servidor", but in english I don't know is that is "On my server" or "In my server"
    – Java doub
    Oct 31, 2016 at 21:35

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I'm afraid there is no answer to "Why". Prepositions are often one of the most idiosyncratic part of a language.

There are some partial answers (we usually use "on" for a method of transport or medium of communication - on a boat, a train, a TV channel, Skype, Facebook, the Internet) but they are only partial (we use "in" for a car or a newspaper). I'm afraid you just have to learn them - I don't believe there's any other way.

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