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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
In this context a street is an open space, an area. If you're not in that area, where are you? Floating above it? Would you say there's a homeless guy "on that park" or "in that park"? Would you say there's a cow "in that field" or "on that field"?
They're "on top" of all those things too, right?
Edit: Fuck, reading that back it's like trying to educate a 4 year old.
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So this is an argument whether a person is on a surface or within a delineated area? Can you be both? Are both not equally correct?
ie: "Stay off the grass" refers to being on a grassy surface. "Stay out of the yard" refers to being inside the specified yard's boundaries.
In your case, though, the road is both the surface and the specified area. So, are not both correct?