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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
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01 font 00 Why is "on" used here? Why not "in" for example? 02 font 0-
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0 Ha, prepositions are a mess, I think you know. 02 br 02 br 00 I've never understood if you hear a song "in" a commercial or "on" a commercial. Or a song "in" an episode of Lost or "on" an episode of Lost.
- 0 Ha, prepositions are a mess, I think you know.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I've never understood if you hear a song "in" a commercial or "on" a commercial.
- Or a song "in" an episode of Lost or "on" an episode of Lost.
- Did you see a certain actor "on" Lost or "in" Lost?
- 02 br 02 br 00 I think many people tend to use "on" for everything is on TV, and "in" for everything is in a movie.
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0 Ha, prepositions are a mess, I think you know. 02 br
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00 I've never understood if you hear a song "in" a commercial or "on" a commercial. Or a song "in" an episode of Lost or "on" an episode of Lost. Did you see a certain actor "on" Lost or "in" Lost? And so on... 02 br
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00 I think many people tend to use "on" for everything is on TV, and "in" for eve
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00 I've never understood if you hear a song "in" a commercial or "on" a commercial. Or a song "in" an episode of Lost or "on" an episode of Lost. Did you see a certain actor "on" Lost or "in" Lost? And so on... 02 br
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00 I think many people tend to use "on" for everything is on TV, and "in" for eve
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0 Kooyeen is right about prepositions being a mess. Additionally, for a TV series, we can say 'on' when talking about the episode, but 'in' when talking about the season or the fictional universe. e.g. In Lost, there have been several new developments. 0-
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