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joined in vs joined on

Both 'joined in' and 'joined on' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Joined in' is used when referring to participating in an activity or event with others. Meanwhile, 'joined on' is used when referring to the specific date or occasion when someone became a member of a group or organization.
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Last updated: August 01, 2024

joined in

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to participating in an activity or event with others.

Use 'joined in' when you want to express that you participated in an activity or event with others.

Examples:

  • She joined in the celebration.
  • They all joined in the singing.
  • He joined in the discussion.
  • We joined in the game.
  • The students joined in the protest.
  • Ensuring a satisfying level of recruitment from the Member States who joined in 2004 remains a priority and the causes of delays or persisting vacancies should be addressed by specific initiatives.
  • When the ten new Member States joined in 2004, they did not get parity.
  • You and I are joined in that, Rose.
  • And they will be joined in death by Glinda the Good.
  • The importance of this decision cannot be underestimated either by the Nordic countries or by the Member States around the Baltic Sea that joined in 2004.
  • If someone joined in later, she might not have remembered.
  • All of Gracepoint has joined in the search for Tom Miller.
  • Look at that, two painted ladies just joined in.
  • I need Lord Enterprises joined in matrimony with the expertise and iron fist of Alarich Wallenquist.
  • I joined in a hot pursuit by uniformed police officers.
  • The Calling began as part of the group I joined in Syria.
  • It was nice... till Jeremy joined in.
  • According to him, they joined in.
  • They were having lunch, so we joined in.
  • And then, even more people joined in.
  • The last time I joined in you got angry.
  • Roger joined in for three-way patty cakes.
  • And then his mate joined in.
  • Timber, here, joined in on the fight.
  • That was the only reason why I joined in.

Alternatives:

  • participated in
  • took part in
  • engaged in
  • joined the group
  • joined the team

joined on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to the specific date or occasion when someone became a member of a group or organization.

Use 'joined on' when you want to specify the date or occasion when someone became a member of a group or organization.

Examples:

  • She joined on January 1st.
  • They all joined on the same day.
  • He joined on his birthday.
  • We joined on the anniversary of the company.
  • The students joined on the first day of school.
  • Does the Commission intend to submit proposals to remedy the situation as regards unequal treatment on the labour market of third-country nationals and citizens of the Member States that joined on 1 May 2004?
  • In the 'new consumer' Member States, per capita consumption has progressed but is still substantially lower (in the Community as constituted on 30 April 2004) or marginal (in the majority of the new Member States which joined on 1 May 2004).
  • The IWC's membership includes Denmark, which joined on 23 May 1950.
  • Sweden joined on the basis of intergovernmental cooperation, it did not join a federation.
  • It looks like the Barden Bellas are being joined on stage by generations of Bellas, going all the way back to the beginning.
  • Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia have been part of the European exchange rate mechanism since 28 June 2004, and were joined on 2 May 2005 by Latvia, Malta and Cyprus.
  • Where cases assigned to different formations of the court are to be joined on account of the connection between them, the President of the Tribunal shall decide on their re-assignment.
  • The euro area currently comprises Belgium, Germany, Greece (which joined on 1 January 2001), Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
  • On consolidation of the Union, the Prime Minister said that the ten countries which joined on 1 May 2004 need to be able to feel completely at ease within the Union as quickly as possible.
  • This expansion continued on 1 May 2004, when the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia acceded to the European Union. Bulgaria and Romania are the latest members, having joined on 1 January 2007.
  • Slovenia became the 13th member of the euro area in January 2007. Cyprus and Malta joined on 1 January 2008, and Slovakia on 1 January 2009.
  • The euro area currently comprises Belgium, Germany, Greece (which joined on 1 January 2001), Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
  • On consolidation of the Union, the Prime Minister said that the ten countries which joined on 1 May 2004 need to be able to feel completely at ease within the Union as quickly as possible.
  • There have, however, been a few delays in the transposition of Directive 2002/39 in the Member States which joined on 1 May 2004.
  • I was joined on the platform by colleagues from Austria, Finland and Sweden - Members from other countries would have come if they could have - who much shared the views which I will now share with the House.
  • Does the Commission intend to submit proposals to remedy the situation as regards unequal treatment on the labour market of third-country nationals and citizens of the Member States that joined on 1 May 2004?

Alternatives:

  • became a member on
  • enrolled on
  • signed up on
  • became part of on
  • started on

Related Comparisons

participated at vs participated in join in vs join to assisted in vs assisted on engulfed by vs engulfed in to join in vs to come together started at vs started in

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