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JCDenton Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Click at the button or on the button?...
Hey Guys,
I'm really sorry for that kind of stupid question..:-), but an software programmer from Tampa Bay US, which I'm communication with, told me that he was confused when I wrote him "Click at the "Insert button"??? Please what is grammatically correct?
Click at the button ?? Or Click on the button? ----I'm sorry...Prepositions hasn't been my favourite part of the english...:-)))
thx in advance...
I'm really sorry for that kind of stupid question..:-), but an software programmer from Tampa Bay US, which I'm communication with, told me that he was confused when I wrote him "Click at the "Insert button"??? Please what is grammatically correct?
Click at the button ?? Or Click on the button? ----I'm sorry...Prepositions hasn't been my favourite part of the english...:-)))
thx in advance...
Top answer
key=14145&dict=CALD : If you want to open a file, click twice on the icon for it. When you have selected the file you want, click the 'Open' box .
- key=14145&dict=CALD : If you want to open a file, click twice on the icon for it.
- When you have selected the file you want, click the 'Open' box .
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Hi,
I'd use "click the Insert button", but "click on" seems to be possible, according to http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=14145&dict=CALD:
If you want to open a file, click twice on the icon for it.
When
I'd use "click the Insert button", but "click on" seems to be possible, according to http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=14145&dict=CALD:
If you want to open a file, click twice on the icon for it.
When
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TanitNice. Thx Tanit. To be frank, I'd like to
Hi,
I'd use "click the Insert button", but "click on" seems to be possible, according to :
If you want to open a file, click twice on the icon for it.
When you have selected the file you want, click the 'Open' box.
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Hi JC,
I just Googled too, and there are about 1% of the number of hits for "click at" than there are for "click on."
Click at just doesn't sound natural. So much about prepositions is idiomatic. We say it that way because we say it that way, as Clive (or is it Mr. P?) sometimes says.
I just Googled too, and there are about 1% of the number of hits for "click at" than there are for "click on."
Click at just doesn't sound natural. So much about prepositions is idiomatic. We say it that way because we say it that way, as Clive (or is it Mr. P?) sometimes says.
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Ok, many thanks to all of you ! I'll keep that in mind...From now "on the button" only..:-).
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Hi JC,
prepositions often drive me nuts too!
Anyway, it's either "click a button" or "click on a button".
Typical prepositions that have given me trouble are:
post in/on the forum
the info is in/on/at the link
the icons and buttons in/on the bar, menu, system tray, etc.
etc.
Aaaaargh! LOL, I say:
post
prepositions often drive me nuts too!
Anyway, it's either "click a button" or "click on a button".
Typical prepositions that have given me trouble are:
post in/on the forum
the info is in/on/at the link
the icons and buttons in/on the bar, menu, system tray, etc.
etc.
Aaaaargh! LOL, I say:
post
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So it is possible to say "Click the button" or "Click on the button".
But what does the "on" add to the sentence? Does it emphasize the surface (on the table...) or direction?
But what does the "on" add to the sentence? Does it emphasize the surface (on the table...) or direction?
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My Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary suggests the use of "on" in the following way:
click
2 ~ (on sth) to choose a particular function or item on a computer screen, etc., by pressing
one of the buttons on a mouse: Click the OK button to start. I clicked on the link to the next page of the website.
To run a window, just double-click on the icon.
Could the "on
click
2 ~ (on sth) to choose a particular function or item on a computer screen, etc., by pressing
one of the buttons on a mouse: Click the OK button to start. I clicked on the link to the next page of the website.
To run a window, just double-click on the icon.
Could the "on
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JCDentonHey Guys,
I'm really sorry for that kind of stupid question..:-), but an software programmer from Tampa Bay US, which I'm communication with, told me that he was confused when I wrote him "Click at the "Insert button"??? Please what is grammatically correct?
Click at the button ?? Or Click on the button? ---I'm sorry...Prepositions hasn'
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