"In a picture" of "on a picture" in Engels?

In baie tale gebruik ons 'n voorsetsel saam met prente wat ons tipies sou vertaal as " on ". In Engels is die korrekte voorsetsel egter " in ":

The boy in the photo looks sad.

The boy on the photo looks sad.

Ons pas hierdie beginsel toe ongeag watter woord ons gebruik vir visuele media (bv. " image ", " photo ", " picture ", " drawing "):

There are no trees in the picture.

There are no trees on the picture.

Die voorsetsel " on " gebruik ons slegs wanneer ons wil uitdruk dat iets op die oppervlak van 'n fisiese voorwerp is; byvoorbeeld " there's a cup on a photo " beteken dat 'n koppie lê op die foto. Net so gebruik ons " on " wanneer een ding deel is van die boonste laag van 'n ander ding. Dit kan 'n bietjie verwarrend wees met woorde soos " postcard ". Ons sê:

There's a house on the postcard.

There’s a house in the postcard.

Die rede is dat " postcard " self die stuk papier is, nie wat daarop gedruk is nie (in teenstelling met die woord " picture ", wat na die werklike visuele inhoud verwys). Wat jy eintlik bedoel, is: " There's a house (in the picture that is) on the postcard. "

Net so, as jy 'n prent van 'n man op 'n koevert (envelope) sou sien, sou jy nie sê dat die man " in an envelope " is nie, reg? Die man (d.w.s. sy prent) is on an envelope.

Nog 'n paar voorbeelde van korrekte gebruik:

The cat in the drawing is very realistic.

The cat on the drawing is very realistic.

She found a mistake in the image.

She found a mistake on the image.

The details in the painting are exquisite.

The details on the painting are exquisite

En 'n paar voorbeelde van woorde waar die voorsetsel " on " gepas is:

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11 "Halfuur" in Britse Engels

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1.	Introduction
2.	“Lie in bed” or “lay in bed”
3.	“Information is” vs. “informations are” – plural or singular
4.	(An) information – is there an article?
5.	“News is” or “news are” – problematic words ending with an “s”
6.	So, thus, therefore, and hence
7.	“At school” vs. “in school”
8.	“In office” vs. “in the office” vs. “at the office”
9.	“Help do” vs. “help to do” vs. “help doing”
10.	“In the picture” vs. “on the picture”
11.	“Half five”, “half seven”, “half ten” etc. in British English
12.	“Prefer to” or “prefer over”
13.	“Arrive to” vs. “arrive in” vs. “arrive at”
14.	Each other's vs. each others'
15.	Difference between “cemetery” and “graveyard”