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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Host

situation:

One day I see a famous news reporter in the street, and I am a big fan of that programme. Can I say this?:

-I watch the news programme you host every day.

HOST doesn't sound right.
  

Top answer

I don't think I would use "host" for a standard-format TV news show. If it's more of a magazine-style show then it may be OK. There is an ambiguity in your sentence about whether "every day" modifies "watch" or "host".

— GPY

  • I don't think I would use "host" for a standard-format TV news show.
  • If it's more of a magazine-style show then it may be OK.
  • There is an ambiguity in your sentence about whether "every day" modifies "watch" or "host".
  • Assuming the former, it may be simpler to say "I watch your news programme every day".
  • By the way, when someone is the main reporter on a news show, you can also say that they "anchor" the show.
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I don't think I would use "host" for a standard-format TV news show. If it's more of a magazine-style show then it may be OK. There is an ambiguity in your sentence about whether "every day" modifies "watch" or "host". Assuming the former, it may be simpler to say "I watch your news programme every day".

By the way, when someone is the main reporter on a news show, you can also say that
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Or you could say casually
eg I always watch you on the news.
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