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What is the difference?
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I would judge that "about" is the general used collocation.

72 usages against 6 for "over" in the British National Corpus

725 against 66 in the American National Corpus.
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What is the difference?
I can see "crazy over in lyrics" mainly...
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Yes I've heard it in so many English songs.
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Yes I've heard it in so many English songs.


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Thank you dear. Could anyone tell me what does ''add on'' mean? And is there any difference between add and add on? With an example please.
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