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on the script vs in the script

Both 'on the script' and 'in the script' are commonly used phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'On the script' is used when referring to something that is written or included in the script, while 'in the script' is used when referring to something that is physically located within the script.

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on the script

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'on the script' when referring to something that is written or included in the script, such as a specific line or direction.

Examples:

The actor forgot his lines that were on the script.
The director made some changes on the script.

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Now I have a couple notes on the script.
That's what you had written on the script.
Ozu was working with Kogo Noda on the script of An Autumn Afternoon, when he received news of his mother's death.
I had some notes on the script, some thoughts about my character.
She has some notes on the script.
Ari said you had thoughts on the script, things you might want to change.
It shouldn't be based on the script.
Ellen Page got her hands on the script and she wants to do it.
Okay, so I tracked down the name on the script left on Sayers' chair.
I'm reading what's on the script.
Did you see the name on the script?
I do have some notes on the script.
Outwardly unfazed by the events days before Marilyn focused on the script trying to establish a working relationship with Walter Bernstein.
I spent a year on the script, so...
No, I'm working on the script now.
Based on the script, Lola should now say...
Nice job on the script, though.
Good, then we're back on the script.
Ignacio and I are starting on the script.
No, but I did talk to a gorgeous young executive over at Paramount who just happened to get his hands on the script.

Alternatives:

in the script
written in the script
included in the script
part of the script
mentioned in the script

in the script

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'in the script' when referring to something that is physically located within the script, such as a specific scene or stage direction.

Examples:

The character's name is not in the script.
There is a mistake in the script.

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It says "a frozen cheek" in the script.
That's not in the script, Mr. Bronski.
It's not in the script, but the scene plays better.
It's really not in the script.
Make sure that the pattern specified in the script exists.
There are exceptions caught in the script '%1'. Please refer to the console debug output for more information.
If you can want to put it in the script.
Deckard's character is not described in the script.
This isn't in the script, old man.
That wasn't even in the script.
It's exactly the same as in the script.
I don't remember that even being in the script.
Wait, that's not in the script.
That is so not in the script.
That improv was so much better than any other line in the script I had written.
I wonder how they solved it in the script.
It doesn't say that in the script.
That was not in the script!
Which was never in the script, but in post, I thought it would help the audience to realise that Chili's talking about his own story.
It's written in the script:

Alternatives:

on the script
contained in the script
found in the script
within the script
part of the script

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