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Gold fish pond Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Difference between on and about 🤔
I'm becoming an confused Educator myself over the difference between "writing on" and "writing about"! Would you please remind me of the differences? Thanks so much!
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Some examples of (American) usage: I'm writing my PhD. thesis on Faulkner. ) A: What are you writing?
- Some examples of (American) usage: I'm writing my PhD.
- thesis on Faulkner.
- ) A: What are you writing?
- B: I'm writing in my journal about the great time I had in Boston when I visited my aunt there.
- ) I saw the (hand)writing on the wall and found a new job before I was fired.
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Some examples of (American) usage:
I'm writing my PhD. thesis on Faulkner. ("About" cannot be used here.)
A: What are you writing?
B: I'm writing in my journal about the great time I had in Boston when I visited my aunt there. ("On" is possible here but a little formal-sounding by American standards.)
I saw the (hand)writing on the wall and found a ne
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