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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

ON THE SEASON

"The two TD grabs gave Moss 19 touchdowns on the season, establishing both a personal best and a Patriots record for touchdowns in a season."

Shoudn't "on the season" be "in the season"?
  

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MeggPhaggSioux19 touchdowns on the season
This is second one you've found like this!

Apparently it is becoming popular to borrow from the expressions used in finance to express any kind of statistical summary, placing the preposition "on" before the period of time for which the statistics apply.

CJ
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