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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
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Is it more idiomatic to say "Nothing good is going on on TV at the moment" than "Nothing good is on TV at the moment" ?
The first sentence seems more grammatically correct, doesn't it ?
  

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Debpriya De Is it more idiomatic to say "Nothing good is going on on TV at the moment" than "Nothing good is on TV at the moment" ? There are equally idiomatic, but neither is really very idiomatic. There's nothing good on TV right now.

  • Debpriya De Is it more idiomatic to say "Nothing good is going on on TV at the moment" than "Nothing good is on TV at the moment" ?
  • There are equally idiomatic, but neither is really very idiomatic.
  • There's nothing good on TV right now.
  • (AmE) CJ
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Debpriya DeIs it more idiomatic to say "Nothing good is going on on TV at the moment" than "Nothing good is on TV at the moment" ?
There are equally idiomatic, but neither is really very idiomatic.

There's nothing good on TV right now. (AmE)

CJ

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