When you write something down is it in or on your notebook?
I wrote it down on/in my notebook. Please, take notes in/on your notebook.
What about newspapers?
I read the article on/in the newspaper. It was in/on the newspaper.
asked Feb 24, 2018 at 22:39
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Content is in a newspaper or notebook, but on things that belong to the newspaper or notebook. If an object is on a newspaper or notebook, it is a physically separate object that is physically resting above the newspaper or notebook.
My picture was on the front page of the newspaper.
My picture was in the newspaper.
The article was in the newspaper.
I read the article on the newspaper's website.
I put my pen down. My pen was on the newspaper.