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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Hang on
Please hold/hang/cling on to/onto the rope.
In the above sentence should we write "on" all the time ?
I can understand the use of "onto" in such cases, but why do we use "on" separately ?
Is it because "on denotes continuity or continuous action ?
In the above sentence should we write "on" all the time ?
I can understand the use of "onto" in such cases, but why do we use "on" separately ?
Is it because "on denotes continuity or continuous action ?
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hold on and hang on are phrasal verbs that are used by themselves. -- Where's the salt and pepper? -- Hold on.
- hold on and hang on are phrasal verbs that are used by themselves.
- -- Where's the salt and pepper?
- -- Hold on.
- I'll get them for you.
- -- Hurry up!
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hold on and hang on are phrasal verbs that are used by themselves.
-- Where's the salt and pepper?
-- Hold on. I'll get them for you.
-- Hurry up! We going to be late!
-- I'll be right with you if you can just hang on for a few more minutes.
So you are just adding a prepositional phrase with to to the phras
-- Where's the salt and pepper?
-- Hold on. I'll get them for you.
-- Hurry up! We going to be late!
-- I'll be right with you if you can just hang on for a few more minutes.
So you are just adding a prepositional phrase with to to the phras
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