You’ve got to love the peculiarities of the english language. Why do you watch actors ON TV, but when you trek to a cinema, you watch them IN the movies?
It shall remain one of life’s many unanswered questions, until someone smarter than this humble engineer (perhaps an english teacher) can please explain!
Ha! I just finished a tough workout and needed a good laugh. Thanks for delivering it! As someone who loves movies and TV, why have I never pondered this question myself? See? What would we do without observant minds like yours? Now we just have to find someone who can answer it…
Well, you’re the writer and the one with great knowledge (compared to my humble engineering self), I was hoping you’d have a grammatical explanation.
Marti
Ha! As a newbie to this writing thing, I am not qualified to explain the phenomenon. 🙂
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Hilarious! I love the TV, too!
I’m very proud of that TV. I bought it 15 years ago for a small fortune – $1000! It doesn’t even work now – analogue and we’re now digital in Australia.
Marti
You could get a convertor box, they cost around $50.
Yes, I could, just haven’t got round to it yet. It’s got the DVD player hooked up to it, so not all is lost.
Marti
Nope, not me…I’d claim English is a second language, but it’s not. Oh well. What’s a panda to do?
I’m with you, we can keep each other company. I would have thought with all the clever readers out there, someone would have an answer.
Marti