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PamQueue Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

In Other News

When news anchors finish talking about one subject and move on to another, they sometimes say "in other news", which I find weird, but never say "to other news", which I find to be more natural, since they are moving from one news story to another.

Does "in" have some hidden meanings?
  

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You would say, for example" "let's move on to other news". " ........ (just finished with one news) In other news, the former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel has died at the age of 75 in his Prague home....

— Ivanhr

  • You would say, for example" "let's move on to other news".
  • " ........
  • (just finished with one news) In other news, the former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel has died at the age of 75 in his Prague home....
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You would say, for example" "let's move on to other news". But if you have just finished reading one piece of news and want to start a new sentence (giving another news) , then it's ok to start it with "In other news,......"

........ (just finished with one news)

In other news, the former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel has died at the age of 75 in his Prague home....
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But, "in other news" suggests "participating in other news"...
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Hi,

'In' is very commonly used with 'news', eg China is in the news today.

I often hear

eg 'In other news, today China announced . . . '

eg '(Now) To other news! Today China announc
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"in other news" suggests "participating in other news"

It shouldn't suggest that. It doesn't suggest that to a native speaker. It suggests information "contained in" other news stories.

(Moving on to information which is contained) in other pieces of news, ...

It's the same usage of "in" that you find in expressi
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The story that is about to be reported is "in" other news.

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