Friday 20 August 2010

English error: The use of ABOUT and ON

English error: The use of ABOUT and ON
If English is your second language then you might find it difficult to overcome all kinds of grammatical error. So I have started this blog to help you to overcome some common English grammatical error.

Today I am going to discuss the terms ABOUT and ON…..There are some common mistake between this two. So let’s see the use.


ABOUT and ON:

Compare:
  • About: a book for children about Africa and its peoples
         On: a textbook on African history

  • About: a conversation about money
         On: a lecture on economics

Have you checked above examples? We use ABOUT to talk about ordinary, more general kinds of communication. And we use ON to suggest a book, talk etc that’s more serious, suitable for specialists
So I hope you have enjoyed this little post. Just try to memorize it. Thanks.

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