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25 January
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English (US)
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What does “There’s been lots of good films on lately” mean?
What does “There’s been lots of good films on lately” mean?
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Does “on” mean that the films are currently on the screen at the theatre?
- English (US)
- English (US)
It means there have been a lot of good films on recently.
- Japanese
- English (US)
@Kawamo I would take “on” to mean like “on TV”, or “on Netflix”.
When talking about the movie theater most people (in the US) would say “out”: “there’s been a lot of good movies coming out lately”.
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