<p>wat is correct/more correct?</p>
<p>“elaboration of activities”</p>
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<p>“elaboration on activities”</p>
<p>it says in the app!!!: Please briefly elaborate on one of your activities (extracurricular, personal, summer or work experience). We expect your response to be about 150 words.</p>
<p>upon works too.</p>
<p>I know but i googled it</p>
<p>“elaboration ON activities”-only 8 Results</p>
<p>“elaboration OF activities”-135 Results lol</p>
<p>plus it may change when the form of the word changes</p>
<p>for the meaning used on the application, only “on” and “upon” work</p>
<p>I think “upon” sounds a little odd in this case…why would say “upon” when you can say “on”?</p>
<p>■■■■■…this is so funny</p>
<p>i agree that “elaborate ON activities” is correct.</p>
<p>but i am talking about the noun form “ELABORATION”
“elaboration OF activities” sounds better than “elaboration ON activities”</p>
<p>Agreed.
And I also agree with Def…this conversation is pretty funny.</p>
<p>note that it doesn’t actually say “elaboration on activies” in the application, it says “elaborate on one”. “of your activities” is a prepositional phrase. I say it depends on context. Dunno though…ask your English teacher–before Wednesday.</p>
<p>Princeton’s not going to care, mates. They’re not there to kill you on whether you use ‘on’ or ‘of’. They’re just people.</p>
<p>um actually…
of----> REJECTION
on----> ACCEPTED</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>lol
10 char</p>
<p>lol guys,</p>
<p>it seems i was right. dictionary.com and other grammar sites say “Elaboration OF activities…”</p>
<p>yahoo!</p>
<p>Oh, wait a minute, you are correct.</p>
<p>Elaboration is a noun, not a verb.</p>
<p>So “elaboration of” is correct. </p>
<p>Elaborate, the way you were using it, is a special verb that must take the preposition “on” when used, because it is instransitive.</p>
<p>With the verb “elaborate,” “of” will not work because it implies possession or the character of something (there are some other uses of the genitive). The prepositional phrase “of <something>” can never describe “elaborate” because verbs cannot take possession of anything or be described by character.</something></p>
<p>Multas gratias tibi ago, Latin grammar. :)</p>
<p>its good to be right :p</p>
<p>“it seems i was right”: Well… no.</p>
<p>“elaborate on one of your activities” is correct.</p>
<p>“I say it depends on context.” You said it and you’re right, jon314</p>
<p>The phrases you compare, pk12313, have different meanings. Use “on.”</p>
<p>If you do get in, remember it was a Columbia prof the one who came to the rescue.</p>
<p>To simplify - I do not think you should use the (correct) form “elaboration of activities” in your essay.</p>
<p>hmmmm</p>
<p>on dictionary.com, it gives examples.
“elaboration of ideas”-grammatically correct</p>