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Rule "Collocation: in/on a island"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: in/on a island
Message: The usual preposition for "island" is "on", not "in".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/in-on-at-grammar/#using-%E2%80%9Cin%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%9Con%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cat%E2%80%9D-as-prepositions-of-place
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Our house is located in a small island surrounded by ices. There are no other houses around us.
    Correction suggestion: on a small island
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Antananarivo is the capital city of Madagascar, in the island’s Central Highlands.
ID: IN_A_ISLAND [24]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-01 22:33:07 +0100)