The phrase "about on the roof" is not correct in standard written English.
It is unclear and does not convey a clear meaning, making it difficult to use in any context.
Example: "The cat was about on the roof, looking for a way down."
Alternatives: "around on the roof" or "up on the roof".
"There's no talking about Sholem Aleichem without talking about Fiddler on the Roof," Jeremy Dauber maintains on the first page of his new biography The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem.
Every TV channel was broadcasting the same harrowing footage of about 600 people on the roof of an evacuation building, surrounded by fire and flood water.
They told her about riding on the roof of La Bestia, a dangerous freight train that traverses Mexico, and inhumane treatment in U.S. immigration centers.
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Finally, it came to me -- everyone talks about Fiddler on the Roof but did they ever see a fiddler on the roof?
The question asked in Tokyo about Fiddler on the Roof – how could Americans understand a story that was "so Japanese" – captures Wiesel's genius.
In the midst of the fight for repeal of Free Silver coinage in 1893, Cleveland sought the advice of the White House doctor, Dr. O'Reilly, about soreness on the roof of his mouth and a crater-like edge ulcer with a granulated surface on the left side of Cleveland's hard palate.
Basically, police there are broke-ass and they wanted to "fine" us, even though we saw a huge truck with about 20 people riding on the roof drive by unharassed about five minutes after we got out.
SEAN ALTMAN AND ROB TANNENBAUM: THE SERIES "WHAT I LIKE ABOUT JEW" DOES "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF," Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 212-3055.
