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 #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:28 am "in the mountains" and "on the mountain" |
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| Hi there! the correct one is on the mountain, likewise you would say I sit on a chair, instead of saying I sit in the chair. On and In is different...and how about that sentence of yours; to be clear if you say he went hiking in the mountains, it properly meant that he was inside the mountains. "hope it help" but correct me if I am wrong. |
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:52 am "in the mountains" and "on the mountain" |
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| I'm sorry, but we go hiking in the mountains. You might climb to the top and then you'd be "on the mountain top" but we say we hike in the mountains, or have a home in the mountains. |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:41 am "in the mountains" and "on the mountain" |
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| Barb_D wrote: |
| I'm sorry, but we go hiking in the mountains. You might climb to the top and then you'd be "on the mountain top" but we say we hike in the mountain, or have a home in the mountains. |
Is it a typo?
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2008 18:39 pm "in the mountains" and "on the mountain" |
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| Yes, as you probably guessed, since I wrote it correctly the first time. |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2008 20:01 pm "in the mountains" and "on the mountain" |
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| OKie here is a question for you Barb_D, how do you define the word hiking? what is it mean to hike? so you dig a hole on the mountain and then you hiking in there? |
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2008 20:43 pm "in the mountains" and "on the mountain" |
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| Janz wrote: |
| OKie here is a question for you Barb_D, how do you define the word hiking? what is it mean to hike? so you dig a whole on the mountain and then you hiking in there? |
No, it does not mean that you dig a hole.
You can say "go hiking in the mountains", or you can say "go hiking on the mountain".
You use "on" in this context to refer to one mountain (one specific mountain and nowhere else).
The expression "in the mountains" basically means "in the area where the mountains are". Your hiking might include more than one mountain and also areas between individual mountains.
"We went hiking in the mountains" does not suggest that we went hiking underground.
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| you would say I sit on a chair, instead of saying I sit in the chair. |
I agree that it is very common to say "sit on a chair". However, it is also possible to "sit in a chair" if the chair is an armchair or a recliner, for example. Look at this:
Roosevelt sitting in a chair
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2008 23:21 pm "in the mountains" and "on the mountain" |
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| Thanks Amy. I can't think of a better way to have said what you did. |
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