Meadow

[hermit]

Yes, a meadow has grass growing in it, and a lawn, for instance, has
grass growing on it.

A lawn is like a surface, where a meadow has a more complex ecology...

[xchic]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Would you please tell me what that means in English? Thanks!

The keys are in the table drawer. (the drawer of the table)

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by xchic

The keys are in the table drawer. (the drawer of the table)

Hmmmm.... okay - I suppose that I get that. I don't know that I would say "table" if it has a drawer, but let's not get into a discussion about different ways to refer to tables/side tables/end tables, etc.........

[irmamar]

Now I was writing the definition of "orchard" as fruit or nut trees cultivated in an area of land. As I wanted to be sure, I've looked it up, and the dictionary said: an area on land on which fruit trees are grown.

Why the grass is in the field and the trees are on the land?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Now I was writing the definition of "orchard" as fruit or nut trees cultivated in an area of land. As I wanted to be sure, I've looked it up, and the dictionary said: an area on land on which fruit trees are grown.

Why the grass is in the field and the trees are on the land?

Because there are visible boundaries to a field and to an orchard, these being usually walls or hedges. These define the enclosed area, and things are inside. Land in general is unbounded, so things grow on land.

There are trees in the orchard
There is grass in the meadow (I think in or on, because boundaries are unclear)
There are trees on the land.

This does not apply to a boundary being water because this is not a visible containing boundary: Tenerife is an island with lots of banana farms on it.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Because there are visible boundaries to a field and to an orchard, these being usually walls or hedges. These define the enclosed area, and things are inside. Land in general is unbounded, so things grow on land.

There are trees in the orchard
There is grass in the meadow (I think in or on, because boundaries are unclear)
There are trees on the land.

This does not apply to a boundary being water because this is not a visible containing boundary: Tenerife is an island with lots of banana farms on it.

Thanks, Perikles. I should think about it.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Thanks, Perikles. I should think about it.

No te preocupes Irma, nadie entiende las reglas de "on" y "in" . Decimos lo que suena mejor, pero nadie no entiende el porque .