Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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Lena

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“study of” vs. “study on”

  • September 9, 2021, 3:36pm

All the examples from New Oxford American Dictionary, use "study" as a noun. The question was should we use "study on" when "study" is used as a verb.
The verb "study" does not take any preposition to link to the topic being studied.
There is a difference between:
I studied on this topic (wrong)
vs
A study on this topic was presented... (good)