Common Mistakes : Horizon

Horizon-Noun

BAD: The tiny light looked like a star in the horizon

GOOD: The tiny light looked like a star on the horizon

On the horizon (NOT in): ‘The sun was setting on the horizon

BAD: Further education enables you to broaden your horizon

GOOD: Further education enables you to broaden your horizons

Your horizons (WITH – s) = the range of things that you are involved or interested in: ‘As a politician, his horizons extend no further than the next election