Diamondrg  +  355032 Tue, 24 Apr 07 05:00 PM Previously on Lost Why is "on" used here? Why not "in" for example? Diamondrg Joined on Fri, Dec 2 2005 Contributing Member 1,043

	Kooyeen  +  355098 Tue, 24 Apr 07 07:27 PM Ha, prepositions are a mess, I think you know. I've never understood if you hear a song "in" a commercial or "on" a commercial. Or a song "in" an episode of Lost or "on" an episode of Lost. Did you see a certain actor "on" Lost or "in" Lost? And so on... I think many people tend to use "on" for everything is on TV, and "in" for everything is in a movie. Lost is not a movie, so maybe "on" is better. This is just the way I'm using prepositions now, but as I told you, I've never really undertood if there is a rule or a common way to use those prepositions... Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,969 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Prepositions

	Old Man Gordon  +  355101 Tue, 24 Apr 07 07:37 PM Kooyeen is right about prepositions being a mess.  Additionally, for a TV series, we can say 'on' when talking about the episode, but 'in' when talking about the season or the fictional universe. e.g.  In Lost, there have been several new developments. Old Man Gordon Joined on Fri, Mar 16 2007 Full Member 410 Prepositions