Get Online Not In Line

“On-line” is the original word, used in old English, mostly in the '90s, recommended for a stylish appearance and for an elegant vocabulary. Nowadays, however, most publications and dictionaries have accepted “online” as the unique correct form defining the active connection to the internet.

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Originally Answered: Why do New Yorkers (NYC) say online instead of in line? on line. If you cut the line you are getting in line. New York is also one of the 50 states and they want to be clear what they are referring to.

However, you are unlikely to get into trouble for using “online” for all computer-related purposes. As for real physical lines, New Yorkers and Bostonians wait “on line” (in queues), but most Americans wait “in line.”

The correct way to write this word is online, without a hyphen or space. You may occasionally see online written with a hyphen, but that spelling is very unusual, and I do not recommend that you use it. Some writers and editors will consider it wrong.

“On line” is defined in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as “in or into operation.” Example. The new production system will come on line next week. I will now remember to use “online” or “on-line” if there is a connection to computers. Anything else will be “on line.”

The common adjective used to label Internet activities is usually written as one word: “online”: “The online site selling banana cream pies was a failure.” But it makes more sense when using it as an adverbial phrase to write two separate words: “When the teacher took her class to the library, most of them used it to ...

Standing (or waiting) in line remains very much more common than on line. And while on line may account for but a small percentage of use (outside of the New York region), it should not be considered as evidence of a lack of moral fiber, educational levels, or grammatical standards.