[etni] Re: you say potatoes...

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Hi Maxine,

To my Canadian ears (which are a crossbreed between BritSpeak and
YankSpeak) -
"open your books to page 8" sounds quite fine
as does "open your books at page 8"

but I don't remember ever hearing - "open your books on page 8"
which sounds very harsh to my Torontonian ears.

There is a discussion on this very issue on (at?) EnglishForums.com -
http://www.englishforums.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=101077

They discuss "opening your books to" - vs. - "opening your books at"
but do not mention "opening your books on"

David


Maxine wrote:
> okay. please settle, for once but probably not for all, which is correct?
> "Open your books to page 8."
> or 
> "Open your books on page 8."


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