Shop is on the first floor vs Shop is in the first floor

The correct phrase is "shop is on the first floor." The preposition "on" is used to indicate the location of the shop in relation to the first floor. Using "in" in this context is incorrect.

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Shop is on the first floor

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "on" when indicating the location of something in relation to a specific floor or level.

Examples:

The shop is on the first floor of the building.
My office is on the second floor.
The restaurant is on the ground floor.
The gym is on the top floor.
The library is on the basement floor.

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Actually, there's a great little coffee shop down on the first floor, if you want.
Hywel Maybury's flat is on the first floor.
His room is on the first floor.
His room is on the first floor.
Reid is on the first floor somewhere with cyrus.
The shop is on the first side street.
hezbollah is on the first floor.
The division one café is on the first floor.
Sixth grade is on the first floor!
So, Josh, the copy room is on the first floor, right?
I don't care if he is on the first floor, I need this cleaned up now!
And the countess' bed chamber, you say, is on the first floor beyond the drawing room.
Reel one is on the first projector.
Reel one is on the first projector.
I'm only on the first floor.
On the first floor they make window blinds and use silicon wires.
Here's the library on the first floor.
Here's the library on the first floor.
Nobody bothers you down on the first floor.
There are some medical offices on the first floor.

Alternatives:

shop is located on the first floor
shop is situated on the first floor
shop is on the ground floor
shop is on the top floor
shop is on the basement floor

Shop is in the first floor

This phrase is incorrect in English. The preposition "in" is not used to indicate the location of a shop in relation to a floor.

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Actually, there's a great little coffee shop down on the first floor, if you want.
Lockdown the building perimeter, and deploy two teams in the first floor service corridor.
- The Struth photographs in the first-floor bathroom.
Employment is in the first place a matter for national action.
Weeed to secure her in the first floor lock down.
He slit his wrists in the first-floor girls' bathroom.
She's coming, I'll wait for you in the first floor.
That's what I'm hoping is in the first chapter of the handbook.
In the rapporteur's view this is in the first instance an acceptable target figure.
For the Nordic and Baltic countries it is very gratifying that Estonia is in the first negotiating group.
I am proud that my country met the criteria and is in the first wave of entrants to the single currency.
The first floor will have the gallery and coffee shop.
The first point concerns the repeatedly made assertion according to which undeclared work is in the first place traceable to unduly high taxes and social security contributions.
Because your mind is where the problem is in the first place.
In view of the relatively weak economic development of the euro area during that period this is in the first place unsatisfactory.
The agreement that is being discussed here is in the first instance voluntary.
Rapid response to catastrophes and natural disasters is essential, since it is in the first few hours following such an event that the greatest number of people can be saved.
What we are talking about is in the first instance to all intents and purposes a monopoly; no sugar is sold in Sweden that does not come from this particular company.
Fiscal policy, however, is in the first instance the domain of Member States and proposals that touch upon Member States' sovereignty in tax issues are very sensitive.
If the Member States want to apply the right to operate public companies, then they would be well advised to begin by defining what that public purpose is in the first place.

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Shop is on the first floor vs Shop is in the first floor