Please explain

[WZ]

What's the difference between:

- information on/about ...
- book on/about ...
- a talk on/about ...
- expert on/in ...

And what does "windstruck" mean?

Thank you

[danmahaffey]

What's the difference between:

- information on/about ...
- book on/about ...
- a talk on/about ...
- expert on/in ...

And what does "windstruck" mean?

Thank you

On and about both mean concerning, or concerned with.

If I had to draw a distinction, and this is risky, on is more generalized and about is more specific.

A book on lizards should cover the biological field. A book about lizards may actually be a fictional work involving a few lizards and their adventures.

A talk on bank robbery may be attended by law enforcement or bank management to learn security techniques or defenses. A talk about bank robbery may be stories of gangsters and safe crackers.

An expert on sex may be different from an expert in sex.


Someone else should address windstruck. I don't know the word.

[Rusty]

On and about both mean concerning, or concerned with.

If I had to draw a distinction, and this is risky, on is more generalized and about is more specific.

A book on lizards should cover the biological field. A book about lizards may actually be a fictional work involving a few lizards and their adventures.

A talk on bank robbery may be attended by law enforcement or bank management to learn security techniques or defenses. A talk about bank robbery may be stories of gangsters and safe crackers.

An expert on sex may be different from an expert in sex.


Someone else should address windstruck. I don't know the word. Windstruck is the name of a Korean movie, and perhaps a spin-off TV show, I learned from a Google search. The word is not in any dictionary I consulted so I think it is a coined (made up) word that describes the chaos and entanglement of this romance comedy (as if struck by a wind).