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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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on (the) TV

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00Could someone please clarify when to use "the" with the prepositional phrase "on TV"?02br
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0 We usually don't use "the" unless referring to the television set itself. For example (taken from 'English Grammar in Use' by R. 02br 00- Can you turn off the television, please?

— Annvan

  • 0 We usually don't use "the" unless referring to the television set itself.
  • For example (taken from 'English Grammar in Use' by R.
  • 02br 00- Can you turn off the television, please?
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0 We usually don't use "the" unless referring to the television set itself. For example (taken from 'English Grammar in Use' by R. Murphy, Unit 73):02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10What's on the TV tonight?12br
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10Find out when specific stars will be appearing 11b10on TV12b10 at TVNow.com12br
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10What a surprise this series was when it first came 11b10on the TV
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0 Yes, I just want to add my voice to this. None of your examples should have "the." 0-
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00In that post, it says "What's on the tube/TV tonight?" 0260hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/Cinema/2/dxhwx/Post.htm
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0"What's on 01b00the tube02b00?" is not the same as "What's on 01b00the TV02b00?" (Or for that matter, a famous Monty Python sketch with "What's on the telly?")02br
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00Perhaps it's different in BrE, but in the US, it's just "What's on TV?"0-
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0Does it mean that most of the time I can safely use "on TV" except when I want to refer to something related to the physical TV set such as "a cup on the TV"?0-
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0Yes. 050010id1
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