Prepositions for Place: Relating "Where"

IN		ON		AT

CITY	in San Francisco	STREET	on Powell Street	BUILDINGS	at home, at the library
DISTRICT	in Chinatown	AREA	on the Peninsula	ADDRESS	at 1220 Haight Street
STATE	in California	ISLAND	on Alcatraz
REGION	in North America	WATER	on the bay, on Lake Tahoe
ATMOSPHERE	in space, in the Universe	WORLD	on earth
TRANSPORTATION	in the car	TRANSPORTATION	on board (ship, bus, train, airplane) on a bike on a horse
ROADWAYS	in the street note in the crosswalk	ROADWAYS	on the sidewalk on the road on Highway 101 on Route 66 on the freeway	ROADWAYS	at the curb at the corner at the end of the street at the intersection
OTHER	in the parking lot in the park (inexact location) in my office	OTHER	on campus	OTHER	at work at the park (exact location)

a pothole in a street

ON THE STREET	IN THE STREET
Refers more to the surface or side of the street. (Usage is idiomatic.)	Refers more to the central, traffic area of the street. (Usage is idiomatic.)
The workers were painting new lines on the street.	The workers were fixing potholes in the street.
He was picking up a dollar on the street when a bicycle hit him.	He was standing in the street when a bicycle hit him.
I parked parked on the street not in my driveway. (side of the street)	People drive in the street. (on the freeway / on the highway)
The journalist was interviewing people on the street. (Idiom - refers to casually selecting passers-by on the sidewalk to talk to.)	Summer's here and the time is right for dancin' in the street. (music lyrics)

a wing-walker on the plane

ON THE PLANE	IN THE PLANE
Refers to boarding or being aboard; or on the surface	Refers to the actual space inside.
We got on the plane last. (idiom)	We were crowded together in the plane.
We were on the plane for ten hours. (idiom)	The luggage travels in a pressurized cabin in the plane.
The Hollywood stunt man stood on the plane while it was flying. (on top of)	Aluminum and titanium was used in the plane to reduce its weight. (construction materials)

Both adverbs and prepositional phrases (adverbial phrases) express movement in a direction.
Prepositional phrases are more specific by relating an object to the direction of movement.

The rabbit was — in, over, around, on top of, by, within, outside of, inside of, near or beside — the hill.

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e.g.	Is there a heaven earth?
1.	My home town California is a wonderful place to live.
2.	I live a suburb not far from a busy city
3.	My house is 1235 Main Court.
4.	We are the end of the street.
5.	The neighborhood is not far from the small business area First Street.
6.	Our little city, is located a peninsula.
7.	The peninsula borders San Francisco Bay.
8.	From my window, I can see little boats sailing the bay.
9.	Occasionally, I can see whales the bay.
10.	I can also see cars the freeway heading to and from the city.
11.	To the north, I can see airplanes getting ready to take-off the runway.
12.	By now you have guessed that my home is a hill.
13.	While sitting my couch, I can through my window and see a spectacular view.
14.	In the evening, all the kids our neighborhood play ball on the street.
15.	Some play basketball a court marked by chalk.
16.	Others play ping-pong a neighbor's garage.
17.	They play an old table that's been there for years.
18.	Everyone feels " home" when visiting each other's houses.
19.	Many of the kids hope to grow up and buy a home an area like this.
20.	They like living a community like this as well.

"a rabbit multiplying"

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21.	A rabbit tends to make its home a creek. (creek=small river)
22.	It digs a home the side of a hill.
23.	If the rabbit digs the hole thick brush or trees, it will be safer.
24.	To see other approaching animals, the rabbit stands the hill.
25.	To find food, the rabbit hops the grassy sides of the hill.
26.	Sometimes, it has to go the creek to find food on the other side.
27.	A rabbit likes to make its hole other rabbit holes.
28.	Rabbits have more protection when living a colony.
29.	If there are too many rabbits in one area, some have to move the hill.
30.	Rabbits are herbivores and eat grass that grows the hill.
31.	You probably won't notice any rabbits if you stand a hill.
32.	However, if you get closer you will see rabbit holes the rocks and bushes.
33.	A rabbit won't come its hole until it has smelled the air for predators.
34.	Rabbits can dig several feet a hill to make a cozy home.
35.	In "Alice in Wonderland", Alice falls a rabbit hole.
36.	In the story, she is reading a book with her sister a tree.
37.	She sees a rabbit and follows it the hole to a world of "nonsense".
38.	In real life, rabbit holes are just tunnels with a little grass nest the back of the hole.
39.	Rabbits prefer their own "rooms", so there are not connecting tunnels holes.
40.	Rabbits thrive in the wild until developers decide to build their habitat.

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