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Performance really depends on the object: You perform IN a play but you perform ON a stage so: His performance in the play was enjoyable. EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Whichismoregrammaticallycorrect-"performancein"or"performanceon"? AskQuestion Asked 8years,5monthsago Modified 4years,8monthsago Viewed 38ktimes 2 Whichofthefollowingismoregrammaticallycorrect? a.John'sperformanceonthetestshockedtheteacher. (or) b.John'sperformanceinthetestshockedtheteacher. grammaticalityphrasesprepositionsword-usagein-on Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedFeb4,2014at16:46 FredericoIglesiasFredericoIglesias 2911goldbadge11silverbadge22bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 3 Performancereallydependsontheobject:YouperformINaplaybutyouperformONastageso: Hisperformanceintheplaywasenjoyable. Hisperformanceonthestagewasenjoyable. Soreallyyourquestioncomesdownto:doyouperformonatest?Doyouperforminatest?Iwouldleadtowards"on"becauseofotherusage: Hisgradeonthetestwas90%. Yourthirdansweronthetestwasincorrect. Thenagain,ifwearereallytalkingaboutanimplied"performanceintaking"thetest,suddenlythiscouldbecorrect: John'sperformancein(taking)thetestshockedtheteacher. HoweverIwouldalsogoaheadandcallbothofthem"awkward".Iwouldavoidentirelyanduse John'sperformanceduringthetestshockedtheteacher. Orbestofall,useK.I.S.S.andavoidtheproblemaltogether: John'stestperformanceshockedtheteacher. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredFeb4,2014at17:16 DigitalChrisDigitalChris 3,3471212silverbadges1818bronzebadges 4 Iwouldhavetoagreethatbothinandonseemstrange.ThelastsuggestionwouldprobablybetheformthatIwouldgofor.Howeverifyoureallyneedtouseoneortheother,asDigitalChrissaid,onwouldbetheone. – Zzyrk Feb4,2014at17:21 IagreewithalloftheaboveexceptthatIwouldinterpretJohn'sperformanceduringthetestshockedtheteacherasmeaningheflippedout/behavedbadly. – anongoodnurse Feb4,2014at17:21 @Susanwhatifitwasatestforadanceclass? – DigitalChris Feb4,2014at17:22 1 @Chris-youareabsolutelycorrectthere.Iguessitreallydependsonthetest.;)+1 – anongoodnurse Feb4,2014at17:24 Addacomment  |  2 Ithinkifitisawrittentest,wemostoftensayperformanceonthetest(maybebecausewe"putourideasdownonpaper"),butifitismeasuringabilitiesinanenvironment,e.g.responsetimes,orskillcomparisons(beforeandafter,etc)weuseperformanceinthetest. MethodsusedinlearningtodriveandperformanceinthedrivingtestinGreatBritain Thetestresult,aflamespreadindex,essentiallycomparestheperformanceinthetesttothatofredoak. Thesmallerthewearscar,thebettertheperformanceinthetest.(ofmotoroil) Asafinalstepinthetestredesignprocess,USCISconductedaseriesofrecordsstudiestoevaluateapplicantperformanceonthetest(us.gov) ...performanceonthetestofreadingcomprehensionisequaltoanageequivalentof8.7yearsandagradeequivalentof2.6... StudentperformanceonthetestistranslatedintoanoverallScaleScore. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedFeb4,2014at17:51 answeredFeb4,2014at17:20 anongoodnurseanongoodnurse 54.7k1616goldbadges124124silverbadges204204bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. 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