Difference between on the right/left and to the right/left

Difference between on the right/left and to the right/left
 

I know with stative verbs we use on the right and with movement verbs we use to the right but sometimes this is not the case.
Can anybody help with examples?

Yo diría que:

On the right/left = a la derecha/izquierda

To the right/left = hacia la derecha/izquierda aunque también significa a la derecha/izquierda

These two terms can often be used interchagably.
For example a tour guide may say: to your right you will see the Eiffel
Tower-or- on your right you will see the Eiffel Tower.

To your right has an additional meaning because it may be used as a command. A police officer may point his finger to the right and say: to your right.

Or a sergeant major might say On the right - quick march!!

Meaning that the soldiers march with the right foot first.

estarás entendido por todos al usar las dos frases :)

Would he actually ever say that? :thinking: Tradition has you always start marching with the left foot, derived from the ancient belief that left is evil, so you start left when marching towards the enemy. Hence left right left right, never right left right left.

(Admittedly, this is nothing to do with the linguistic question above, I just thought it interesting. :))

Sólo puedo pensar de....

Look to the right:good:
Look on the right:bad:

Really? I didn't know that!!

I've obviously watched too many bad films ;)

To be precise, the stereotypical phrase is "By the left, quick march!"

Aquí están unas básicas reglas, no son concretas :)

Con movimiento, usa "to the right"
Turn to the right
We walked to the right
Look to the right
The man shifted to the right

Con un objeto y su ubicación, en más casos puedes usar las dos frases
The house is on the right - the house is to the right
Go up two miles, then the farm will be on the / your right - Go up two miles, then the farm will be to the right

espero que te sirve :)