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in left arm vs on left arm

Both "in left arm" and "on left arm" are not correct. The preposition that should be used with "arm" is "on."

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 930 views

in left arm

This is not a correct construction in English.

The correct preposition to use with "arm" is "on."

Show examples from the web [+]

The needle mark is in her left arm.
Leo had a painful case of shingles in his left arm.
De Merville overpowered him but not before being stabbed in his left arm.
Got swelling in her left arm and no distal pulse.
The injection site is in her left arm.
Plus, there was a needle mark in his left arm.
Jinko grabbed the woman's mouth with her right hand and shoved in her left arm stub.
From what I can see, you have a fracture in your left arm.
He was struck by lightning while playing flag football, and he's complaining of paralysis in his left arm.
In the shoulder and in the left arm.
Hasp has respiratory problems, is lame in the left leg and is partly paralysed in the left arm.
Hasp has respiratory problems, is lame in the left leg and is partly paralysed in the left arm.
4 ribs were broken, radius in his left arm was shattered, linear fracture in his skull, broken jaw, and a ruptured spleen.
You don't have a pulse in your left arm, but the one in your right seems fine.
Means she would've put the I. V. In her left arm.
You have a fracture in your left arm and you took a blow to the head.
...and see if anybody has gone in with an injured left arm.
For example, if you inject IL-2 in the left arm, you could inject Ceplene into the left or right thigh, the stomach, or the right arm.
Does regret feel like numbness in your left arm, and then a crushing chest pain?
Now do you have any sensation in your left arm at all?

Alternatives:

on the left arm
on my left arm
on his left arm
on her left arm
on their left arm

on left arm

This is not a correct construction in English.

The correct preposition to use with "arm" is "on."

Show examples from the web [+]

He also has an address tattooed on his left arm.
No man shall wear a sleeve on his left arm.
The hair on her left arm is standing up.
Jodie had a scar on her left arm.
She told me that her killer - Red John - has a tattoo - three dots on his left arm.
Right. I want you to click the first one on my left arm there.
That mark on her left arm - is that a puncture wound?
What about the markings on his left arm?
The majority were thermal - caused by theelectrocution - but at least one burn on her left arm is more consistent with a chemical burn.
Does Caitlyn have a small birthmark on her left arm?
You put your left arm on the chair.
This one is the fourth, lying on his back, left arm extended.
She fractured the radius and ulna on her left arm cracked the 10th, 11 th and 12th ribs on her left side and banged her head.
Do you know where that scar on your left arm is from?
A redhead on my left arm A brunette on my right
Put your left arm on the table. What?
See how the writing on the left arm is similar to that on the right, but it's angled funny?
They're amulets On the first day of spring men wear them on the left arm and women wear them on the right to ward off ghosts
And his left arm extends straight.
The needle mark is in her left arm.

Alternatives:

on the left arm
on my left arm
on his left arm
on her left arm
on their left arm

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