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on the land vs in the land

Both "on the land" and "in the land" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "On the land" refers to something physically located on a specific parcel of land, while "in the land" refers to something inside certain geographically defined boundaries.
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Last updated: July 12, 2024

on the land

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "on the land" when referring to something physically located on the surface of the land, such as buildings, trees, or people.

Examples:

  • The house is on the land.
  • Cattle graze on the land.
  • There are many crops growing on the land.
  • I heard at night, the octopuses come out on the land and drag people up into trees and rip their faces off with their powerful suction cups.
  • These crocodiles were actually out on the land and they were even climbing trees and jumping on prey on the ground.
  • Its main objection is that the assessments include the possibility to dredge the shoreline to establish further boat spaces, and to establish storage yards for boats on the land area.
  • However, these methods presuppose that there is an existing building on the land.
  • If the government want to build on the land, all they need do is issue a compulsory purchase order.
  • Well, I'll head over to the county clerk's office, See if anyone was pulling permits on the land.
  • All non-economic activities take place on the facilities located on the land transferred to the club through the agreement dated 2003.
  • The buildings on the land will become the property of the municipality.
  • The Luxembourg State undertakes to grant the Court a building lease on the land for the first extension at the price of EUR 1 (one) for a period not exceeding 49 years.
  • Sold to private investors when oil was found on the land.
  • Papa stayed on the land to guard the spirits of our ancestors.
  • Take junk for money, pile it on the land.
  • Under that contract, BAVARIA obtained a lease on the land for 75 years and bought the buildings.
  • Go tell your people you brought peace on the land.
  • Ladies don't work on the land.
  • And this pocket of sunlight freed humans from their toil on the land.
  • These girls are a great success on the land.
  • You should see me on the land, Bobby.
  • Thursday morning, you close on the land acquisition in Gleason.
  • No Indians on the land anymore.

Alternatives:

  • on land
  • on the ground
  • on the surface
  • above the land
  • at the site

in the land

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

Use "in the land" when referring to something inside the land or within its boundaries, such as underground caves or hidden treasures.

Examples:

  • There are hidden treasures in the land.
  • Explorers discovered a network of caves in the land.
  • Podo, we must be in the land of Lunatics.
  • There's something rotten in the land of the eagles.
  • Naturally, we'll engage the best doctor in the land.
  • They are some of the most powerful people in the land.
  • It all began 5,000 years ago in the land of the mighty pharaohs.
  • The time is coming in the land of Judah...
  • I'm guessing it's lost in the land of Goran.
  • Happily vacationing in the land of Not Coping.
  • Outside every county courthouse in the land is the lady blindfolded.
  • Your child shall reign in the land of Sheba.
  • One of the greatest families in the land.
  • The finest swordmakers in the land work there.
  • Lancaster Assizes hanged more people than any court in the land, except for London.
  • Adrift in the land of dreams.
  • I will tell every mother in the land.
  • Because you're going to be the fourth richest woman in the land.
  • The Hebrew slaves in the land of Goshen.
  • Join Manny and Danny in the land of tequila and grateful se? oritas.
  • You are to be engaged by the highest in the land.
  • However, Gulliver believed that he had arrived in the land of giants.

Alternatives:

  • within the land
  • inside the land
  • beneath the land
  • buried in the land
  • within the boundaries of the land

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