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Marina
مدرّسSit IN the chair or ON the chair
I've just came across an educational video with the following sentence: "I'm sitting in the chair". Is it a misprint? If not what is the difference between these phrases?
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Hi Marina.
Generally, you can say "sitting in a chair" or "sitting on a chair". However, it depends on the type of chair. You're more likely to "sit in an armchair" than "sit on an armchair". You're always going to "sit on a stool", never "sit in a stool". But for a regular seat like you would use at a dining table, you could "sit in it" or "sit on it".
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An extract from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:
the chair [sing.] the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee; the person who holds this position:
Who is in the chair today?
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If you use 'on' when the chair does not have 'arms' and 'in' when it does, then everybody should understand.
If you think about a high-chair for an infant, they are 'enclosed' so that they cannot fall. So you would use 'in'.
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Marina
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الإنجليزية, الروسية, الإسبانية
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