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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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read news on CNN

1font00I just read news on CNN that02font00 a man was arrested for...02br
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00What is the natural way of saying "I learned something from a news article I just read on the CNN website"?02br
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01font00I would say00 'I just read news on CNN that' 02font00 but when I googled "I just read news" , it returned pretty low hits so I thought this might not be natural.0-
  

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02br 02br 01font 01font 00Yes, these things are often rather idiomatic. You might say02font 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 01b 00CNN says that . 02b 02font 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 01b 00I saw on CNN that .

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 01font 01font 00Yes, these things are often rather idiomatic.
  • You might say02font 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 01b 00CNN says that .
  • 02b 02font 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 01b 00I saw on CNN that .
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  • 02b 02font 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 01b 00I read that .
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01font00I just read news on CNN that02font00 a man was arrested for...02br
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0 Thank you!! 'I read on CNN that' or 'I read in the news that' is exactly what I was looking for!! 0-
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