Timeline for 'On the web' vs. 'In the web' [duplicate]
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| Sep 1, 2023 at 14:12 | comment | added | Insider_English | Yes to "ON" when it's a webpage, or site. But 'in' could just as easily work if we mean "in the network" — which is used 'more' should not be a determining factor.) | |
| Oct 1, 2018 at 10:30 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Nov 7, 2013 at 16:41 | comment | added | MrHen | @Kris: Right, I don't disagree with that. But "on the web" still implies "on the internet" even if the usage of "on" means something slightly different. It would be like the difference between, "my house is on this block / my house is on this map [of this block]." But sure, we can move this to English Language & Usage Chat. :) | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 14:35 | comment | added | Kris | @MrHen If this message is in transit, it will eventually reach you. The transit medium is not the message. [Let's end the discussion before the mods come in.] :) | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 14:32 | comment | added | MrHen | @Kris: Right. So if something is on the web than it must be on the internet. Glad you agree. | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 14:30 | comment | added | Kris | @MrHen Great. That gets you the needed distinction. Hope it's all clear now. | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 14:25 | comment | added | MrHen | @Kris: "The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet." | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 5:25 | comment | added | Kris | @MrHen There, again :) Why do you think so? | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 5:24 | comment | added | MrHen | @Kris: Well... if something is on the web than it must be on the internet, yes? | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 4:55 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Nov 7, 2013 at 4:35 | comment | added | Kris | By the way, there's still a persisting confusion in people between 'the Web' (www) and the 'Internet'. Most consider the terms synonymous, which they are not. Something that is on the Web is in no way related to anything that is on the Internet. | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 11:35 | history | closed | RegDwigнt | Duplicate of "In the Internet" vs. "on the Internet" | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 9:54 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/398025683815129088 | ||
| Nov 6, 2013 at 5:41 | comment | added | mikhailcazi | If you're talking about the internet, I think it's almost always 'on the web'. Unless you're talking about a spider's web, or - as @Kris says - 'in the web of his malicious plan...' | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 5:32 | comment | added | Kris | That was correct, of course. | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 5:32 | answer | added | Kris | timeline score: 11 | |
| Nov 6, 2013 at 5:26 | history | edited | Kris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 6, 2013 at 5:23 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 6, 2013 at 5:08 | history | asked | CharanyaV | CC BY-SA 3.0 |