You sit on the chair or in the chair?

Answer 1

It is on the chair not in the chair you do not say in am sitting in the chair although you do you saiy I'm sitting on the the chair, an dchairwould be like a stool if you havent got a back rest or anthing whereas if it is a fully arm chair then it is in the chair because you are sitting down with a cover surrounding you back!

Answer 2

Usually we sit on chairs. We sit in something like a car or a room or we 'sit in silence'.

(another opinion from an native speaker of American English)

To me, it seems natural to say "sit in a chair" if the chair is padded or stuffed so that

one sinks down into it. "on" also sounds OK and would be expected if the chair was specifically mentioned to be hard. One would always say "sit on a bench" , or sit on a stool, I think.

Answer 3

A chair is not like a bowl or bucket, that you sit IN. wheras it is an item that you sit ON. Therefore, technically you sit ON a chair and not IN it. But, that it a commonly used term and I would not consider it wrong to say, for example: "sit down in your chair!"

P.S. this was written by a 13 year old

Answer 4

We sit in a chair/hammock

We sit on a (seat)

Answer 5

Hi there!

Both ways are fine, but sit in a chair in more common.

I hope this helped! :)

Answer 6

Sit on the chair

Answer 7

Sit on a chair, sit in an armchair.