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Parochial Orphan Posted 19 years ago
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Are these two the same: bleed IN or INTO sth

0If a blood vessel in the brain is ruptured, you can say "01font00S/he's bleeding in her/his brain.02font00"02br
00In this example, the preposition "01font00in02font00" is used, but you can also say "01font00S/he's bleeding into her/his brain.02font00", am I right?02br
00The question is if these two expressions have exactly the same meaning.02br
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00I thought "01font00into02font00" suggests a sort of a movement like "01font00from outside to inside, inward02font00", and "01font00in02font00" implies "01font00a state of 02font01font00being inside of something02font00" in addition to "01font00inward02font00".02br
00So I figured there may be some differences.0-
  

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0 I'd say you can't. 01i 00Into02i 00 shows direction, as you've already observed. "02br 02br 00 doesn't quite make sense.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 I'd say you can't.
  • 01i 00Into02i 00 shows direction, as you've already observed.
  • "02br 02br 00 doesn't quite make sense.
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0 I'd say you can't. 01i00Into02i00 shows direction, as you've already observed. 02br
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00 "S/he's bleeding 01font00into02font00 her/his brain."02br
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0 01i00bleeding in the brain02i00 is telling us where the bleeding activity is taking place.02br
01i00bleeding into the brain02i00 is telling us where the blood is going.02br
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00 I seem to recall that there is a "blood-brain" barrier that must not be crossed. If the blood is not confined to its vessels in the brain
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10I'd say you can't. 11i10Into12i10 shows direction, as you've already observed. 12br
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10"S/he's bleeding 11font10into12font10 her/his brain."12br
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10doesn't quite make sense. 12br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11i10bleeding in the brain12i10 is telling us where the bleeding activity is taking place.12br
11i10bleeding into the brain12i10 is telling us where the blood is going.12br
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10I seem to recall that there is a "blood-brain" barrier that must no
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