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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

into or onto the road

He pushed me. I dropped my workbook and pencil case, and he kicked them __ the road.

Which preposition should I use to fill in the blank, into or onto?
  

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I dropped my workbook and pencil case, and he kicked them onto the road.

  • I dropped my workbook and pencil case, and he kicked them onto the road.
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I dropped my workbook and pencil case, and he kicked them onto the road.
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Hi,

He pushed me. I dropped my workbook and pencil case, and he kicked them __ the road.

Which preposition should I use to fill in the blank, into or onto?

You could say either, depending on how you are thinking about the event.

'into' suggests motion towards a place, entering

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