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30 Sep 2016
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What is the difference between on and above?
Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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'On' means an object is physically touching the object beneath it, such as a book resting ON a table.
'Above' could refer to anything higher than another object, such as a plane ABOVE a house. The plane is not ON top of the house, but in the sky ABOVE the house. Hope this helps ! :)
'Above' could refer to anything higher than another object, such as a plane ABOVE a house. The plane is not ON top of the house, but in the sky ABOVE the house. Hope this helps ! :)
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@dontsulk: thanks so much😃
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here, I tried you make you an example really quickly
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@dontsulk: it helped me too much tbh
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