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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shelf on which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a shelf that serves as a support or platform for placing items.
Example: "I have a shelf on which I keep my collection of books and decorative items."
Alternatives: "a shelf that holds" or "a shelf for storing".
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There's a shelf on which a few toys sit.
But, in a postmodern twist, the window also serves as a shelf on which Thomas Groom's wares are perched.
In the centre of the room was a hearth for cooking, and on the back wall was a shelf on which was kept a sacred case associated with an ancestral spirit.
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After I had looked around and complimented her, we sat on a couch, facing a small shelf on which stood the room's principal decoration, a china shepherd holding a lamb.
There was a seat to perch on and a small shelf on which to write.
One is to build a high shelf on which "Adventures in Cardplay" can be hidden.
Made from glossy A.B.S. plastic, each Corniche, the French word for mountain ledge, forms a small shelf on which objects can be shown off, or deposited safely.
Need a gently sloping shelf on which to display historical thimbles or wee porcelain Scotties?
Expect it to include Silhouettes, which has an Interpol-like urgency to it, Continental Shelf, on which they channel the wild spirit of the Doors, and Bunker Buster, a hypnotic groove with jagged guitars slashing across the rhythm's surface.
The spine of every book was aligned one inch from the edge of the shelf on which it stood.
I'll gloss over the beautifully proportioned center island, the shelf on which cookie sheets sat in a neat vertical row as if they were books, and even the cunning cabinet to disguise the unsightly television set.
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