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Teal lime Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
I need to backup my Thunderbird profile.....
Which preposition(s) should I use in the sentence below?
I need to backup my Thunderbird profile to/on/onto a USB stick/pen drive.
Thank you
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You back something up on or onto a drive. to would be my last choice, but it's not wrong. (It's to back up , not to backup .
- You back something up on or onto a drive.
- to would be my last choice, but it's not wrong.
- (It's to back up , not to backup .
- A backup is what you have after you have backed it up.
- ) CJ
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You back something up on or onto a drive. to would be my last choice, but it's not wrong.
(It's to back up, not to backup. A backup is what you have after you have backed it up. It's a verb/noun difference.)
CJ
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