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Old 07-Jan-2004, 13:36
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Default decide on/about

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what's the deference between
decide on and decide about
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To decide about something seems to be to decide what to do about something.

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To decide on seems to be to make a decision about something--a decision about what should be done. Also, to decide on something is to make a choice.

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