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Marina
Community-TutorSit 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?
8. Apr. 2016 22:07
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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".
8. April 2016
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?
10. Januar 2017
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'.
9. April 2016
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