Available on or at/help

Available on or at/help
Message from clint01 posted on 16-11-2015 at 08:22:09 (D | E | F)
Hello,
Would you please let me know if we should say "available at:http:// www.tolearnenglish.com" or "available on:http:// www.tolearnenglish.com"?
Thank you in advance.

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Edited by lucile83 on 16-11-2015 08:36

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Re: Available on or at/help from clint01, posted on 19-11-2015 at 23:31:28 (D | E)
Hello,
I have gathered that there are actually no differences between them but recently people prefer using AT instead of ON before a site.

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Re: Available on or at/help from lucile83, posted on 20-11-2015 at 07:39:28 (D | E)
Hello,
Yes, 'at' is better than 'on'.

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Re: Available on or at/help from zilazila, posted on 20-11-2015 at 19:58:33 (D | E)
Hello
We use "available on" for website only.
We use "available at" for particular physical location or the URL of a site.

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Re: Available on or at/help from lucile83, posted on 20-11-2015 at 22:20:40 (D | E)
Hello zilazila
I don't agree with you, sorry. Here is a link about that question:
Link

In the case of "website", it's not so clear what's correct, as a website is a rather abstract phenomenon. If you think of it as a site on the web, "at" would be correct, but if you think of it as a page on the web, "on" would be correct.

So it seems to me that the papers exist on a website. If an address had been given instead then at would be appropriate.

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Re: Available on or at/help from clint01, posted on 28-11-2015 at 19:00:00 (D | E)
Thank you very much for your clarification

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