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  1. 17-Jan-2012, 17:17 #1
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    Default on/at a most interesting spot/moment

    How would you express the following thought:

    TV commercials tend to pop up at (on ?) a most interesting spot in a movie.

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    Default Re: on/at a most interesting spot/moment

    At, for me.
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    Default Re: on/at a most interesting spot/moment

    For me, too.
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    Default Re: on/at a most interesting spot/moment

    And for me.
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    Default Re: on/at a most interesting spot/moment

    I would probably say "at the most interesting spots." There is never just one commercial break.
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