Re: on or about

From: Donna Richoux (trio_at_euronet.nl)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:56:40 +0100

Tomi A <Your.email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:35ub3cF4r9ddgU1@individual.net:
>
> > As for "issues", "issues on" is incorrect. Whether to follow "issues"
> > with "about" or "of" or to precede it with an adjective or follow it
> > with "related to" or "pertaining to", etc., depends on what follows.
>
> Thanks.
>
> So, you can't say eg "this issue on pollution has to be discussed"? ...
> Indeed, for some reason that doesn't sound right.

That one would probably be "of".
>
> (Anyway, English is desperately illogical language, a language you can't
> learn unless you live in an English-speaking country;-)

You mean, your own language is different? Easily mastered by those who
have never been to your country?

>How am I supposed
> to negotiate with, say, Americans on even grounds, when I spend my time
> thinking about the right wordings - if that's a word).

Life is tough. You're supposed to learn one language when you're very
small and then get on with other things. We're not programmed to learn
language as adults. Myself, I try to be glad about any progress. 

-- 
Donna Richoux

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