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Can you say "sur la reto" for something you found in the Internet?

Sur la reto is perfectly fine. Just ask yourself whether the mental image is meaningful and unambiguous. If so, trust it. This has been downvoted, so here's why it's correct: a reto is a net. Does …
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Ĉu oni estas "en" aŭ "sur" foto?

Se vi uzas en, vi parolas pri la foto aŭ bildo kvazaŭ imaga loko, en kiu homoj kaj objektoj staras fikse. Se vi uzas sur, vi parolas pri la foto aŭ bildo kiel surfaco, sur kiu videblas io. Komparu s …
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Playing with => ludi je?

Normally ludi je would be followed by the name of a specific game. As for other objects, one could vaguely say je la ŝnureto but generally there is no reason to when you can say kun or per. La katid …
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Are prepositions with "ke" valid? ("pri ke", "pro ke", "por ke", ...)

These tio-less constructions are criticized in PMEG (§33.2.3) but no objection is given other than the fact that they are not traditional: Nur por ke, malgraŭ ke, anstataŭ ke, krom ke kaj sen ke e …
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"Dankon POR via respondo" or "Dankon PRO via respondo"?

I recommend that you use por or pri. This is why: Mi ne dankis lin por la donaco pro la indigno de mia edzino. Firstly, the ostensible reason may differ from the real reason. Secondly, simply a …
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Do you know an eloquent presentation of the differences between the miscellaneous locative p...

Bonvolu ekzameni la paĝon ĉe Lernu.net. Uzado de mal- estas malofta krom kun antaŭ. antaŭ — post La aktoro staras antaŭ la kurteno kaj parolas al la spektantaro. La aktorino staras post [= malantaŭ] …
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"Sen rigardi": Which preposition+infinitive combos are possible?

Sen, por, anstataŭ —i are all very common, and it is easy to invent examples for some other prepositions: Vi faris al mi komplezon per peti lin telefoni. You did me a favour by asking him to ring. …
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Is it "Mi lernas kun Duolingo" or "Mi lernas per Duolingo"?

Per implies, to some extent, that it is your main method of learning. However, you can use kun as well, or ĉe, or en, or je. The reason is simple: I would guess what you meant even if you said sur, …
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When should "por" be used before an infinitive (i-verbo)?

The expressions volas librojn legi and volas legi librojn are simple rearrangements of each other. So, your two sentences mean slightly different things; the por version implies that you want to own m …
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