What is the difference between 'located in' and 'located on'?

The newest branch of the library is located in/on Pine Street. I think either 'in' or 'on' have the same meaning. But the commentary said that ' ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. LearnmoreaboutTeams Whatisthedifferencebetween'locatedin'and'locatedon'? AskQuestion Asked 5years,6monthsago Modified 5years,6monthsago Viewed 58ktimes 9 IamsolvingtheTOEICworkbook,bytheway,Ifacedconflictthatdoesn'tmatchmeaningIknew. Theproblemis Thenewestbranchofthelibraryislocatedin/onPineStreet. Ithinkeither'in'or'on'havethesamemeaning.Butthecommentarysaidthat'belocatedin'ismainlywritinginfrontofbuildingnameandcityname. Idon'tknowwhatiscorrect? prepositions Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedApr3,2017at8:58 Em.♦ 45.1k1212goldbadges134134silverbadges147147bronzebadges askedApr3,2017at7:06 Liquid.BearLiquid.Bear 20322goldbadges33silverbadges88bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  4Answers 4 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 12 Prepositionsaresoversatileintheirusagethatit'sdifficulttogiveexactrulesontheirusage.However,hereisroughguidelinefromEnglishClub:PrepositionsofPlace:at,in,on Ingeneral,weuse: atforaPOINT inforanENCLOSEDSPACE onforaSURFACE atPointinENCLOSEDSPACEonSURFACE atthecornerinthegardenonthewall atthebusstopinLondonontheceiling atthedoorinFranceonthedoor atthetopofthepageinaboxonthecover attheendoftheroadinmypocketonthefloor attheentranceinmywalletonthecarpet atthecrossroadsinabuildingonthemenu atthefrontdeskinacaronapage UsingtheOP,wehave ThenewestbranchofthelibraryislocatedonPineStreet. Youuseonwhenyouwanttotalkaboutabuildinganditsrelationtoastreet.Roughly,youcanconsiderthestreetasa"surface"sothatitfollowstheguidelineabove. Thestreetisnotreallyapoint,sowedon'tuseat.However,aspecificaddress,like123PineStreet,isconsideredapoint.Insuchacase,youcoulduseat: Thenewestbranchofthelibraryislocatedat123PineStreet. Thestreetisnotreallyanenclosedspace,sowedon'tusein.However,aspecificcity,likeLosAngeles,isconsideranenclosedspace.Insuchacase,youcouldusein: ThenewestbranchofthelibraryislocatedinLosAngeles. Ithinkthecommentaryyoumentionedisreferringtothisspecificexampleabove.Referringto"writinginfrontofbuilding",it'spossibletousein.Forexample,therecouldbeasigninfrontofthebuildingthatreads Ourcollectionofcontemporaryworksislocatedinthisbuilding. Here,youcanuseinbecausethebuildingisconsideredanenclosedspace. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedApr3,2017at14:18 SovereignSun 24.5k3333goldbadges135135silverbadges252252bronzebadges answeredApr3,2017at7:45 Em.♦Em. 45.1k1212goldbadges134134silverbadges147147bronzebadges 5 1 @MaxjusttocheckwithregardstomyanswerareyouanativeBrEorAmEspeaker? – DRF Apr3,2017at13:16 @DRF:ClickingonMax'sprofilerevealsahomecityofLAintheUSA,whichsuggests(thoughcertainlydoesn'tguarantee)nativeAmE.FWIW,thisansweris"correct"forEnglishtoo. – LightnessRacesinOrbit Apr3,2017at14:57 @BoundaryImpositionIt'scorrectinthesensethatsaying"thelibraryisonPinestreet"isgrammaticallyfineinEnglish.AsfarasIcantellit'sincorrectinthesensethatitclaimsyoucan'tuse"isinPinestreet". – DRF Apr3,2017at15:41 1 @DRF:Well,YMMV,but"isinPinestreet"soundsverystrangetothisEastMidlander. – LightnessRacesinOrbit Apr3,2017at16:07 "onthecorner"isfairlycolloquial. – KennethK. Apr3,2017at18:44 Addacomment  |  1 Thinkofitlikethis: Locatedinmeansinside Locatedonmeansat. Considerthefollowing: ThehistoricbookssectionislocatedinthenewestbranchofthelibrarylocatedonPineStreet. Hereisitclearthatthe"historicbookssection"issomethingthatiscontainedinsidethelibrary,whichitselfison(notinside)PineStreet. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr3,2017at7:22 BurhanKhalidBurhanKhalid 45144silverbadges77bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  0 Tomebothinandonsoundfine.SoIwenttocheckthecorpora. COCAhasonecaseof"in"toroughly40of"on"searchingfor"locatedin*street"and"locatedon*street" Hansard(britishparliament)has7"in"to0"on"withthesamesearchterms. Scotus(SupremecourtoftheUSA)has2"in"and7"on"butmostareusedwithdefinitearticles(locatedinthestreetorinastreet)ratherthanstreetnames. Coha(historicalamericanenglish)has2to16. Wikpedia(english)has726to3899. UnfortunatelyBYU-BNC(britishcorpus)hasnohitsforeither. Alltogetherandcheckingafewotherresourcesitseemsthat"inPinestreet"ismoreidiomaticinBrEwhereasAmEseemstobefixedon"onPinestreet. ItturnsoutthatthereseemstobeagreementonELUaswellSee:https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/54251/on-an-american-street-but-in-a-british-one-do-the-twain-ever-meet Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedApr13,2017at12:38 CommunityBot 1 answeredApr3,2017at13:15 DRFDRF 1,6991010silverbadges1616bronzebadges 2 2 Iwouldn'ttrustacorpussearchinthiscase.Therearemoreusesfor"inthestreet"and"onthestreet"thanjustmentioningaddresses,soyouweren'tnecessarilycheckingwhatyouthoughtyouwere. – Karen Apr3,2017at17:41 @karenyestherecertainlyarewhichiswhyididactuallycheckinthecaseswherethenumbersweresmall.ButIwasmorepersuadedbytheelupost.TherewasaoupleotherplacesonthewebwhereIfoundcorroborationbutIwillcheckmyofCGELifithasanythingtosayonthematter. – DRF Apr3,2017at18:05 Addacomment  |  -3 ForthepurposeofstandardEnglishlanguageuse,thepreviousanswersareincorrect. ThebranchislocatedonPineStreet. Theacceptedanswercontainsthecorrectanswer,butjumpstothewrongconclusionbecause@maxstates"thebuildingisconsideredandenclosedspace",butthefirstexampleisactuallytheonethatapplies. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr3,2017at13:45 MikeRitterMikeRitter 1 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedprepositions. FeaturedonMeta Inboximprovements:markingnotificationsasread/unread,andafiltered... BookmarkshaveevolvedintoSaves Linked 0 Colbygrewup"on"acattleranchinTexas 1 "Waitat"or"waiton"or"waitin"? Related 8 Whatisthedifferencebetween"with"and"within"? 2 Whatisthedifferencebetween"okaywith"and"okayfor"? 2 Whatisthedifferencebetween'on'and'against'? 1 Whatisthedifferencebetween"Of"and"Ofthe"? 1 Thedifferencebetweenofandby 0 Whatisthedifferencebetweenoppositeandagainst? 0 Whatisthedifferencebetweeninandon? 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