in the plate vs on the plate

Both "in the plate" and "on the plate" are commonly used prepositions in English, but they are used in different contexts. "On the plate" is the correct phrase when referring to something placed on top of a plate, while "in the plate" is not a standard phrase in English.

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in the plate

This is not a standard phrase in English. The preposition 'in' is not typically used with 'plate'.

The preposition 'in' is usually used to indicate something contained within an object or space. In the context of a plate, 'on the plate' is the more appropriate preposition to use.

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I nailed the tracker bullet right in the plate.
White sedan, "x" and "z" in the plate, "NYC" sticker in the window.
Come on, you can't even get it up in the plate.
In the plate incorporation method, these suspensions are mixed with an overlay agar and plated immediately onto minimal medium.
Soup is in the plates at 7:30.
For screening dilute test sera and controls 1 in 10 directly on the plate in PBST to give a final volume 100 μl/well.
Place the plate in the developing chamber prepared as specified in point 5.2.2.
dilute test sera and controls 1 in 10 directly on the plate in PBST to give a final volume 100 μl/well.
I lost it in the collection plate at church.
I got one right in the license plate.
Leave something in the collection plate.
My parents put $3 in the collection plate every week.
Grady pounds his bat on the plate in frustration.
In fact, the plates won't start to fuse until Shao Bao is around two years old.
Place the plate in the tank, previously saturated with the vapour from the mobile phase. Allow the mobile phase to migrate to within 1 cm of the top of the plate.
Now I've got to pick up the plate, walk back to the kitchen, put the plate in the sink. (glass breaking) Pick up the broken pieces.
The virus/serum mixtures are incubated for 30 to 60 minutes at 37 ºC in the microtitre plates before the appropriate cells are added.
The virus/serum mixtures are incubated for 24 hours at 37 ºC in the microtitre plates before the MDBK cells are added.
Even installed a state of the art GPS tracking system in the license plate.
Even installed a state of the art GPS tracking system in the license plate.

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on the plate
in the bowl
in the cup
in the box
in the container

on the plate

This is the correct phrase to use when referring to something placed on top of a plate. 'On' is the appropriate preposition to indicate the surface of the plate.

Use 'on the plate' when describing food or objects that are physically on top of a plate. It indicates the location of the item in relation to the plate.

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Forensics found aspirin residue on the plate.
There was no room on the plate.
There were nine on the plate and I had two.
Contrasts come together on the plate to make a balance.
He just stepped on the plate and it triggered of the mechanism.
We can put a crate on the plate, like the one with gas masks in it.
When eating in formal situations, rest your knife and your fork on the plate between mouthfuls or to talk.
It looks like a piece of the forest floor is picked up and placed on the plate.
And we sat down he put the script in front of me on the plate.
Rules are why there were still mashed potatoes on the plate by the time it was passed to me.
Just because it comes from a green source doesn't mean we can treat it with disregard on the plate.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an $80 kobe beef filet growing cold on the plate.
And then I put the crumbs on the plate to make it look like I'd eaten it.
And then right on the plate!
And then the pork was on the plate.
But all of that, it's just, it's too much to put on the plate of our 16-year-old daughter.
As the frequencies increase, so do the complexities of the patterns that appear on the plate.
I copy the sketch on the plate and enlarge it.
Here was me thinking that all he knew about fish was what he found on the plate...
So there I was, sitting in a Sushi restaurant for the first time in my life, and the only thing that looks familiar on the plate is this little piece of guacamole.

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on the table
on the shelf
on the floor
on the counter
on the desk

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