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Joe2012 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

To or On confusion

What would be the right preposition in this sentence. To or On ?

Sentence: "Jewish laws don't apply on/to non-jews etc"

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To.

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Thanks for your reply. Can you tell me rationale behind using prepostion "to" ? I'm asking this becasuse I've seen folks using prepostion on also. See this e.g : http://tr.im/QlTQ

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On is sometimes possible after apply.

The laws that you have in the US don't apply on this side of the pond. In this case on is better than 'to' as you'd get a weird meaning with 'to' (because laws are applied to people, not land).

In your sentence I would use only 'to'.
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Got it bit, bit Emotion: smile but guess would need to practise to differentiate between their uses. More replies/examples would be helpful though
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The laws that you have in the US don't apply (to people) on this side of the pond.

Perhaps this will clarify it even more.
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Ya, that's far more lucid. I think the usage depends on the situation/subject.
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