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10991327 No.10991327 [Reply] [Original]

Is the expression 'on my view' considered acceptable english?
E.g. On my view, politicians are all the same.

>> No.10991366

>>10991327

No, it would be "in my view".

>> No.10991372

>>10991327
Yes

The boys and the professor did not comment on my view.

>>10991366
Brainlet

>> No.10991386

>>10991327
In your example it would be "in", but in some situations it can be "on" as >>10991372 says. Preposition usage is fairly arbitrary unfortunately.

>> No.10991609

>>10991386
That's what I thought. I was reading James Moor's article about computer ethics.
http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/spring06/papers/moor.html

There he starts the second paragraph like that and it seemed odd.

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>>10991372
>doesn’t understand the context
>calls others brainlet
Perhaps the biggest brainlets are the ones who call brainlet on others

>> No.10991767

>>10991697
Brutally savaged.

>> No.10991848

>>10991386
>Preposition usage is fairly arbitrary unfortunately.
This is absolutely true. Further, prepositions are over used and misused. Often, a different part of speech can be substituted to rewrite the phrase with better effect.

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>>10991697
>The boys and the professor did not comment on my view, that politicians are all the same.

>what is context

>> No.10992582

On my view the Jedi are evil!

>> No.10992601

>>10992582
>for on my view the jedi are evil

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10992877

>>10992441
I don't want to go on, my view is magnificient here.

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>>10992877
Improbable, dear anon. You fall short, and miss the high table.