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We use ‘on’ when we show the connection between an object and the
surface of another object.

We sat on the ground/ the floor/ a bench/ the grass/ a beach/ on a rug.

There's a stain on the wall/ the ceiling/ the door/ your shirt.
Read the notice on the board/ the door.
The sports news is on page 8.

The ship landed on an island.

Look at the differences.

We stayed in a hotel. I asked for directions at a hotel.
She works in disco. He was at a disco when I phoned.

There's some milk in the bottle. There's a label on the bottle.

There's money in my pocket. There's a sticker on my pocket.

There's somebody at the door. There's a notice on the door.

We say that somebody or something is:

in a line in a row in a queue in a photograph

in the sky in the world in a book in a newspaper

in a picture in a letter (but in a mirror
on a page)

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