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Md. Hakim Uddin from Bangladesh has asked about the different uses of the preposition on.
Well, I can be on a bus, on a train, on a boat and on a plane. I can also be on a bike. But I can't be on a car. We are in a car.
I can also be on a hill, on a mountain, on a river, on the ocean and on the roof.
As you can see, on is used to say that one thing is physically on another thing.
But on can also be used for things that are not physical in the sense that you could stand on them.
For instance, I can be on time.
I can be on my way.
I can be on a mission. I'm on a mission to teach you English.
A word can be on the tip of my tongue when I can't quite remember it.
Programs are on the television.
I can say on the one hand and on the other hand.
I can also say on second thoughts.
If I buy something, I might pay on receipt of the item. That is, when I get it. We call this cash on delivery.
I can be on my high horse when I'm of the opinion that I'm better or more intelligent than others.
People who are on their high horses often get knocked off their high horse by others.
Something can be on my mind if it's worrying me or I'm preoccupied with it.
I can wear my heart on my sleeve when I show my emotions to the world.
Things can happen on the hour if they happen at 12 o'clock, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock and so on.
I hope that you are well on your way to understanding how we use the preposition on.
A single red rose bobbed gently on the ocean waves at Sodwana Bay yesterday.
A tax invoice will be sent to you on receipt of payment of the amount due.
A useful phrase to have on the tip of your tongue is, "Why do you say/think that?"
And then he gets up on his high horse and he says, "Rico has no daughters, Rico only has sons."
Archie staggered to his feet and said that he'd have to be on his way.
As though he were ready to come down off his high horse the moment she came down off hers.
But then I don't wear my heart on my sleeve. That is bad for business.
Every hour on the hour there we were, slaves to that teleprinter machine and its little bell.
He jumped on a bus outside the Old Bailey and injured himself when he fell off in North London.
He knew the time because they had arranged to meet on the hour but he was a few minutes late and she was waiting.
High on a mountain we paused and I looked down on Lough Nafooey, a lake lying far below.
I saw him on the television the other night.
I say to any pensioner in this hall or watching on the television, you have personally been robbed of over £2,000.
I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here.
If a company does not pay a supplier's bill on time it has the use of that money until it does so.
If Kate hadn't had so much on her mind she would have laughed at her mother's scandalised voice.
If that's the biggest worry on your mind right now, Rosenbloom, you really do have no imagination.
If you've kept up with all the above tasks you're well on your way to total fluency with pentatonics.
I'll then drive you to the airport and put you safely on a plane to a destination of your choice.
It was something that was more or less always on my mind.
It was on the tip of her tongue to answer this blow below the belt with a savage "ditto!"
Mrs Major was on her way to present Children of Courage awards at Westminster Abbey yesterday.
Much more and you are well on your way to back-ache and a good candidate for lumbago.
Not the kind of character to wear her heart on her sleeve.
On receipt of my cheque, my father got drunk and put the money on a horse.
On receipt of this letter signed and endorsed by you, we will pay you £1,000.
On second thoughts, she wished she had not uttered the last sentence.
On second thoughts, take Shaw and see what he can make of that computer thing.
On the one hand we have the hunting fraternity saying that because they rarely catch and kill foxes.
On the other hand it may be that we are not cost-effective.
On the other hand it's Magalluf which has made Majorca famous for British holidaymakers.
Rather than wear your heart on your sleeve, you keep it under your hat.
The Church was built in 1845, outside Port Ellen, on a hill overlooking the village.
The man is on a mission and he intends to take no prisoners.
Then, on second thoughts, she opened the lid just the tiniest fraction so that the creature could breathe.
They tell me that Tamsin is out on a boat at an all-night party with two or three hundred other people and a stack of booze.
They were very friendly, however, and we were soon on our way.
They will leave their homes and friends in Kirkby for a month on a mission to build better homes for the youngsters, who live in appalling conditions.
Today the new Little People, those who dance nightly on the television screen, have ousted the old.
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[VishnujanaDas]

дякую

[Nicola72av]

Thanks... :)

[kaiser82980]

Well i probably assume that the next Daily Dose will be on the uses of "Out"...!!!

[tigresan]

Thanks !

[tiong7787]

Excellent! this time you have given a very comprehensive examples concerning on, I like it so much, now I have understood more about on because of this great dose. many thanks.

[h6oib]

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[gentlxman]

Thanks for your great job!