Controversially on/about something?

[djtremolo]

Hi,

Which is correct (or what is the difference between the two)?

-Controversially on something.
-Controversially about something.

I did some google research, but still not sure.

-Djtremolo

[5jj]

Welcome to the forum, djtremolo.

Neither group of three words means very much on its own. In what context did you wish to use them?

[djtremolo]

@5jj, thanks, happy to be here.

Context would be, for instance, the title of an article etc.:

-Controversially on/about solar power
-Controversially on/about green technology

and so on.

Thanks for the help!

[5jj]

If it were the title of an article, it would be ' Controversy about/over/surrounding solar power' - or, more probably, "Solar Power Controversy'.

[djtremolo]

Ok.

What about in the situation like, say, Jack Green: Controversially on/about solar power.

i.e. Implying continuity (e.g. a series of articles about the same subject)

-Djtremolo

[5jj]

It doesn't work for me.

[Raymott]

Ok.

What about in the situation like, say, Jack Green: Controversially on/about solar power.

i.e. Implying continuity (e.g. a series of articles about the same subject)
But that's not what controversially means.
-Djtremolo

The problem is that controversy occurs after the event. You can speak about something controversial (it's already widely spoken about). You can speak about something and cause a subsequent controversy, but you couldn't say "In our next four editions, Jack Green speaks controversially about solar power", because we don't whether it's going to be controversial or not yet.

"Last year, Jack Green wrote controversially about solar power in a series of articles in our magazine". That is possible.