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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Topic(s) in/on

If a school is going to run a course whose topic varies every year, and only one topic is covered every term, then is the plural form optional (because TOPIC is countable, which requires the plural)? Are IN (=inside) and ON (=about, such as a book on Danish) both correct?

-The course offered in the coming term is Special Topic(s) on/in Danish Literature.
  

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If you are offering only one course on one topic, then singular forms are required. I'd use on , and write: The Special Topic course offered in the coming term is on Danish Literature. I might well just say: The Special Topic course offered in the coming term is Danish Literature.

— Fivejedjon

  • If you are offering only one course on one topic, then singular forms are required.
  • I'd use on , and write: The Special Topic course offered in the coming term is on Danish Literature.
  • I might well just say: The Special Topic course offered in the coming term is Danish Literature.
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If you are offering only one course on one topic, then singular forms are required. I'd use on, and write:

The Special Topic course offered in the coming term is on Danish Literature.

I might well just say:

The Special Topic course offered in the coming term is Danish Literature.
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um... would this make your answer any different?

'Special Topic on/in Danish Literature' is the unchanged name on the course list. The topic varies inside Danish literature; the topics could be:

-Special Topic in/on Danish Literature: 20th century major writer Karen Blixen (2007)
-Special Topic in/on Danish Literature: fiction by Han
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