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the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains



 
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the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:25 am  the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains		  
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What's the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains?
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the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:40 am  the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains		  
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'On the mountains' is a high place, the top(s) of the mountains (This phrase is quite unusual nowadays). 'In the mountains' is a location, among the mountains.
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the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:59 am  the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains		  
There's snow on the mountains.
There's snow in the mountains.

What's the difference? I think the latter can also mean that there is snow in mountain regions.
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the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains Fri Oct 10, 2008 16:41 pm  the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains		  
Molly wrote:
There's snow on the mountains.
There's snow in the mountains.

What's the difference? I think the latter can also mean that there is snow in mountain regions.

Interesting.
I'd say your first one would be mountains we've just been talking about or can see. Look, there's snow on the tops of those mountains!

The second one does seem to mean "in [any of the] regions that have mountains."
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the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains Fri Oct 10, 2008 18:08 pm  the difference in meaning between on the mountains and in the mountains		  
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The second one does seem to mean "in [any of the] regions that have mountains."

Yes.

What about these combinations?

There will be snow in the mountains and on the hills.
There will be snow on the mountains and on the hills.
There will be snow on the mountains and in the hills.
There will be snow in the mountains and in the hills.
There will be snow in the mountains and on hills.

!!! My head is spinning, it's Friday evening, I'm going for a Guinness or two. Confused Laughing
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