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"About" and "on" #1 (permalink) Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:57 am   "About" and "on"
 

There is a song named "About a Girl" by Nirvana. I see this "about" as having the same meaning of the title of John Keynes' book "Treatise on Money".

I wish to know when to use "about" and "on" in the meaning of this cases.

For me it's not obvious.
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"About" and "on" #2 (permalink) Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:02 am   "About" and "on"
 

Hi Scopel,

In the examples you have provided, the terms are interchangeable.
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