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On the stop light vs At the stop light

Both "at the stop light" and "on the stop light" are not correct. The correct preposition to use in this context is "at the stoplight."

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 961 views

On the stop light

This phrase is not correct in English.

The correct preposition to use in this context is "at the stoplight."
  • The vehicles, the stop light.
  • He ran three stop lights before we even got on the freeway.
  • There was a stop light like, right...
  • You got all those stop lights in New Kent.
  • The villa, the hotel, the car, the stop light, 8 to 10 guys.
  • No. This one I met at a stop light...
  • I ate them in the car while sobbing at a stop light.
  • Narrator: Super-cold substances that can even stop light in its tracks.
  • And then, right then, detective Renata, you stopped at a stop light, the police station on the right, murderer on the left.
  • Like I'll be at a stop light, and look over at the car next to me and there she'll be, scowling at me with disapproval.
  • Or a computer or stop lights, tv, DVD, CD, DVR, DVD.
  • Since I met you, I've noticed things I never knew where there - birds singing, dew glistening on a newly-formed leaf, stop lights...
  • You couldn't hit a stop light, or get a flat tire or something?
  • You meet a lot of ladies driving an Xterra, because you pull up to a stop light and look over and there's an Xterra next to you, they're always driven by chicks.
  • Lina's bodyguard won't stop for lights and sirens, and road blocks will only delay them.
  • Don't stop for lights, cops, nothing.
  • Last year over 40,000 people lost their lives on Europe's roads and MEPs want coordinated European action on the causes of 75% of those fatalities: speeding, drink driving, not wearing a seatbelt and failing to stop at red lights.
  • We need an estimated EUR 1 trillion worth of investment in the markets to stop the lights from going out in future.
  • If we made a controlled stop at every light, there...
  • She rolls up, stops at a light.

At the stop light

This phrase is not correct in English.

The correct preposition to use in this context is "at the stoplight."
  • The vehicles, the stop light.
  • Like I'll be at a stop light, and look over at the car next to me and there she'll be, scowling at me with disapproval.
  • There was a stop light like, right...
  • You got all those stop lights in New Kent.
  • The villa, the hotel, the car, the stop light, 8 to 10 guys.
  • No. This one I met at a stop light...
  • I ate them in the car while sobbing at a stop light.
  • Narrator: Super-cold substances that can even stop light in its tracks.
  • He ran three stop lights before we even got on the freeway.
  • Or a computer or stop lights, tv, DVD, CD, DVR, DVD.
  • Since I met you, I've noticed things I never knew where there - birds singing, dew glistening on a newly-formed leaf, stop lights...
  • And then, right then, detective Renata, you stopped at a stop light, the police station on the right, murderer on the left.
  • You couldn't hit a stop light, or get a flat tire or something?
  • You meet a lot of ladies driving an Xterra, because you pull up to a stop light and look over and there's an Xterra next to you, they're always driven by chicks.
  • Lina's bodyguard won't stop for lights and sirens, and road blocks will only delay them.
  • Don't stop for lights, cops, nothing.
  • We need an estimated EUR 1 trillion worth of investment in the markets to stop the lights from going out in future.
  • If we made a controlled stop at every light, there...
  • She rolls up, stops at a light.
  • We'll trigger the traffic lights to stop the vehicle at the intersection, then heavy machine gun fire into the engine block to disable it, snipers to take out the driver.

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