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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Give the reader "idea on" or "idea of"

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I tried to search the Internet for an explanation on usage of idea on and idea of.

In the following sentence, is the use of "idea on" grammatically incorrect.

"Write a summary of your topic sentences to give the reader an idea on what you will discuss in the body paragraphs."
  

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Anonymoususage of idea on and idea of.
Use "on" for this type of idea:

(an idea on how to X)

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