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Happy student Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Preposition 'on'

'What do you think on his books?', 'He made a video on life in Thailand' etc. I'd learned English for a year, before I ran into this use of the preposition 'on'. I'm still a little confused about it. Can you answer some of my questions? 1) Is there any difference between 'about' and 'on'? For example, on Youtube I notice that people'd prefer to use 'on' in titles of the videos than using 'about', like 'Neil Patrick Harris on his kids', 'Facts on 9/11' etc. Is there an unwritten rule that in titles 'on' is better? or for instance, I want to say 'I want to talk about it right now', and 'I want to talk on it right now' just doesn't sound correctly, so are there any boundaries of 'on's use? I hope I made it clear what I wanted to say) Thanks in advance for your help!
  

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on ~ on the subject of ~ on the topic of What do you think on his books? is wrong. You aren't asking someone to speak (or think) on the topic of his books.

  • on ~ on the subject of ~ on the topic of What do you think on his books?
  • is wrong.
  • You aren't asking someone to speak (or think) on the topic of his books.
  • "think" and "on" don't go together like that.
  • a video on (the subject of) life in Thailand is correct.
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on ~ on the subject of ~ on the topic of

What do you think on his books? is wrong. You aren't asking someone to speak (or think) on the topic of his books. "think" and "on" don't go together like that.

a video on (the subject of) life in Thailand is correct. Likewise, an essay on the European Union, a paragraph on maple syrup, a newspaper article on vot

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