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I want to say: "We must use less plastic products in order to reduce the burden of/on the planet." Are "of" and "on" both correct? Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. reducetheburdenof/ontheplanet Threadstarter EdisonBhola Startdate Feb19,2014 E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean Iwanttosay: "Wemustuselessplasticproductsinordertoreducetheburdenof/ontheplanet." Are"of"and"on"bothcorrect? Myreasoningis:Weputburden"on"theplanet,theburdenis"on"theplanet,so"on"seemscorrect. However,theplanethasaburden,so"of",indicatingpossession,alsoseemscorrect. Whatisyourview?   KeithBradford SeniorMember Brittany,NWFrance English(MidlandsUK) Theburdenoftheplanetis5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kilogrammes. Theburdenontheplanetispollutionandwastageofrawmaterials.   E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean KeithBradfordsaid: Theburdenoftheplanetis5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kilogrammes. Theburdenontheplanetispollutionandwastageofrawmaterials. Clicktoexpand... Idon'tgetyourfirstexample.   KeithBradford SeniorMember Brittany,NWFrance English(MidlandsUK) Burden=thatwhichweighsdown,weight.E.g."Hewassloweddownbytheburdenofarucksackfulloffood." So"Theburdenoftheplanet"="Theweightoftheplanet"=5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kilogrammes.   P pob14 SeniorMember CentralIllinois AmericanEnglish Inotherwords,if,asGreekmythologyhadit,Atlascarriedtheworldonhisshoulders,thenumbergivenbyKeithwouldbetheburdenoftheplanet(theburdenitcauses),buttheburdenonAtlas(theburdenhecarries).   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top