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Stephanie Angelia
in bed or on bed
which is the correct sentence or if both are okay what is the differences?
Im in bed.
Im on bed.
Thank you guys :)
13 авг. 2011 г., 9:54
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-- to sleep in bed
-- to sleep on the couch
-- to sleep on the sofa
-- to sleep on the work desk (quite risky!)
Why ?
I guess because the bed is equipped with sheets or other device that
you actually enter in.
13 августа 2011 г.
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Agreed. I'm in bed usually means you're sleeping.You could say you're on *the* bed (dancing, jumping, fighting with a grizzly bear, etc.), but "in bed" is definitely the more common phrase.
13 августа 2011 г.
further when we want to say "lie in/on bed" what would it be? on or in
13 августа 2011 г.
When we want to tell there's a book on/in the bed what would it be ? on or in
13 августа 2011 г.
Nice answers. I agree 'in the bed' is sleeping, but I have done many things on a bed. As a child I would jump up and down on the bed trying to touch the ceiling. Drove my mother nuts.
13 августа 2011 г.
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Stephanie Angelia
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английский, немецкий, индонезийский
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