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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Here's some syntactical oddness: when discussing actors' work, my preposition changes depending on the medium. For instance, I would say that Terry O'Quinn was in The Rocketeer, but that he is on Lost. Does this have to do with the fact that we say that programs are on television, where we tend to day that they're in movie theatres? How did this distinction develop anyway? We also say on radio. At least I do. Is this just me? No, it can't be. Is this worth my first blog post in six months?

1 Comments:

  • At 12:44 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    TV programmes and radio shows are ONgoing, whereas films are a finite product. Bill Paxton is on 'Big Love', but in 'The Last Supper'. He is not confined to the final product of 'Big Love' the same way as he is to the film.

    Long time between drinks, kemosabe.

     

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