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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

In/into on/onto

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002.He jumped into the river. 02br
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00Somewhere I have read that in such a case, we can use either "in" or "into". 02br
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00Is it correct? 02br
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00Same is also true for "on" and "onto". 02br
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0 I have some doubt about the usage of "in" and "into", used with the verbs of movement. He jumped in the river. He jumped into the river.

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  • 0 I have some doubt about the usage of "in" and "into", used with the verbs of movement.
  • He jumped in the river.
  • He jumped into the river.
  • 02br 02br 00Somewhere I have read that in such a case, we can use either "in" or "into".
  • 02br 02br 00Is it correct?
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0 I have some doubt about the usage of "in" and "into", used with the verbs of movement. 02br
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001.He jumped in the river. 02br
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00Somewhere I have read that in such a case, we can use either "in" or "into". 02br
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00Is it correct? 02br
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0 The same is true for "on" and "onto". 02br
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00The cat jumped onto the table. 02br
00The cat jumped on the table. 02br
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00The actors walked onto the stage. 02br
00The actors walked on the stage. 02br
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I disagree.

The boy jumped in the river. This means the boy was in the river when he jumped.
The boy jumped into the river. This means the boy was out of the river and jumped in-to it.
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I agree "IN" and "ON" can be used in two ways: location and direction.



  • The swimmer jumped in the pool and then she jumped twice in the pool.



  • The actor walked on the stage and then he walked around on the stage.
paco
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And I agree that they are in fact used in both ways-- but I continue to teach students the rules in order to avoid the confusions that sometimes arise-- especially when both senses are included in a single sentence.
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I think an easy way to explain the phenomenon is:

at, in, on are all prepositions of place:

at is used when the place is perceived as a "point": John is at work.

in is used when the place is perceived as a "box": John is in the building.

on is used when the place is perceived as a "surface": John i
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The cat jumped onto the table. (Indicates a cat jumping up onto a table)
The cat jumped on the table. (Indicates a cat jumping (up and down) on a table) -It is used as the preposition of movement regionally but not strictly the right grammar.
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Nice explanation, Cairn.
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0onto is the procedure of placing/ throwing/ putting/ keeping an object on a surface. However, on is used to describe the position of an object02br
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00he fell on the table(the position)0-
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The previous anonymous poster is wrong to say that jumping in the river can only mean jumping while located in the river. "The boy jumped in the river" will be understood by the context as either jumping from somewhere into the river or the boy jumping up and down while he is in the river.
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