Question

He is_______the phone right now.(at,in,on,to)

Answer 1

Answer:

He is on his phone right now.

Explanation:

'On' is the correct preposition to be used in the sentence above wherein 'shall', 'imply', 'into', 'would' still be a consideration.

On is used here to specify what an individual is doing and hence specifies what the individual is doing. This is an example of preposition specificity.

One more way to consider the above statement is: He is into his phone right now, which also means the same. However “in” cannot be used in the above statement since it refers to “inside” something.