Tony,

Ron
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18/11/17
When referring to the street, road, avenue, or boulevard people live on (using habiter), you can either use dans la/le, simply la/le or nothing at all.
BUT you can NEVER use sur (i.e. on) in that context!
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Rene
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5 November 2017
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Tony,
The rule you are confused about deals with "When referring to the street, road, avenue, or boulevard people live on. " I hope that helps. Rene (not a native French speaker)
This question relates to:
French lesson "En vs dans with locations (prepositions)"