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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Copy and paste

That button copies and pastes the value in the A box into/to the B box.

That button copies and pastes A box into/to the B box.

Are they correct?

Which proposition is correct?

Could you please tell me?
  

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Hi, That button copies and pastes the value in the A box into/to the B box. That button copies and pastes the A box into /to the B box. Are they correct?

  • Hi, That button copies and pastes the value in the A box into/to the B box.
  • That button copies and pastes the A box into /to the B box.
  • Are they correct?
  • Which proposition is correct?
  • Both 'into' and 'to' are used.
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Hi,
That button copies and pastes the value in the A box into/to the B box.

That button copies and pastes the A box into/to the B box.




Are they correct?

Which proposition is correct? Both 'into' and 'to' are used. I favour 'into', particularly when you are using the word 'value', which relates to the contents of the box.
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Understand!
Thank you so much, Clive.

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