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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

On meaning

Is 'on' the correct word in theses sentences, in terms of meaning?

We make some tweaks to our recipe and you might find an improvement 'on' the original recipe.

We made some improvements 'on' our original recipe.
  

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Anonymous We make some tweaks to our recipe and you might find an improvement 'on' the original recipe. We made some tweaks to our recipe. You might find it to be an improvement over the original.

— RandomGuy

  • Anonymous We make some tweaks to our recipe and you might find an improvement 'on' the original recipe.
  • We made some tweaks to our recipe.
  • You might find it to be an improvement over the original.
  • I wouldn’t say on is wrong, but it’s not as natural to me.
  • Anonymous We made some improvements 'on' our original recipe.
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AnonymousWe make some tweaks to our recipe and you might find an improvement 'on' the original recipe.
We made some tweaks to our recipe. You might find it to be an improvement over the original.

I wouldn’t say on is wrong, but it’s not as natural to me.
AnonymousWe made some improvements 'on' our original
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Aspara GusWe made some tweaks to our recipe. You might find it to be an improvement over the original.
Thank you, AG. This sounds much better.
Aspara GusI wouldn’t say on is wrong, but it’s not as natural to me.
Just curious, so I understand that the initial sentence I wrote with 'on' is grammatically correct but not as natu
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AnonymousJust curious, so I understand that the initial sentence I wrote with 'on' is grammatically correct but not as natural as your version, right?
That is effectively what I said, yes.
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Aspara Gus AnonymousJust curious, so I understand that the initial sentence I wrote with 'on' is grammatically correct but not as natural as your version, right?That is effectively what I said, yes.
Thanks. I was just wondering if what you said only referred to the use of 'on' or the entire sentence along with 'on'. Thanks
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AnonymousI was just wondering if what you said only referred to the use of 'on' or the entire sentence along with 'on'.
Sorry, I misread your question. I was referring to the use of on, of course. I’m surprised that wasn’t clear, especially since I made several revisions to your sentence, including one correction in bold.
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Aspara Gus AnonymousI was just wondering if what you said only referred to the use of 'on' or the entire sentence along with 'on'.Sorry, I misread your question. I was referring to the use of on, of course. I’m surprised that wasn’t clear, especially since I made several revisions to your sentence, including one correction in bold.
No, it is very clear. So wha
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Aspara Gus AnonymousI was just wondering if what you said only referred to the use of 'on' or the entire sentence along with 'on'.Sorry, I misread your question. I was referring to the use of on, of course. I’m surprised that wasn’t clear, especially since I made several revisions to your sentence, including one correction in bold.
Sorry, AG. Maybe I wasn't cl
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AnonymousI meant would the sentence also be correct without the addition of 'it to be', which was the second revision you made
No. You need it or it to be.

I’m done here.
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Aspara Gus AnonymousI meant would the sentence also be correct without the addition of 'it to be', which was the second revision you madeNo. You need it or it to be. I’m done here.
Thank you. That is what I was referring to. Sorry that I was not clear and thanks again!
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