Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

On TV

Is it more idiomatic to say "Nothing good is going on on TV at the moment" than "Nothing good is on TV at the moment" ?
The first sentence seems more grammatically correct, doesn't it ?
  

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Debpriya De Is it more idiomatic to say "Nothing good is going on on TV at the moment" than "Nothing good is on TV at the moment" ? There are equally idiomatic, but neither is really very idiomatic. There's nothing good on TV right now.

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Debpriya DeIs it more idiomatic to say "Nothing good is going on on TV at the moment" than "Nothing good is on TV at the moment" ?
There are equally idiomatic, but neither is really very idiomatic.

There's nothing good on TV right now. (AmE)

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