I found this question in a textbook:
Q: The company's stock tumbled _____ the news that it would have to recall over 30,000 tires that were produced in 2004.
A: in
B: for
C: on
Should I fill in the blank with in or on? I remember we usually use on the news but after checking Oxford Learners Dictionary, it seems to me that we can use both:
- She is always in the news.
- I saw it on the news.
I asked this on another website and someone told me that I should look at the word tumble, not on the news. However, if this is the case, then on the news is not a prepositional phrase and the news here is the objective of the verb tumble on.
I just can't understand why this is possible. This sounds strange to me. Could someone explain this in more detail?
Best Answer
The answer is C, "on the news".
This is an example a completely different usage of "on the news" to the one described by Benjamin Harman. In this case, "on the news that..." means "as a result of the news that..."
i.e. The news that the company would have to recall over 30,000 tires was the trigger that led to company's stock tumbling.