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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Into the pyre

According to Hindu traditions, women jump into the (funeral) pyre.

Is it 'in/into the pyre' or 'on/onto the pyre'? Which is correct when we use the word pyre?
  

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Hi, My dictionary has pyre: a heap of combustible material. That seems to justify 'onto', which is what I usually hear. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, My dictionary has pyre: a heap of combustible material.
  • That seems to justify 'onto', which is what I usually hear.
  • Clive
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Hi,



My dictionary has

pyre: a heap of combustible material.



That seems to justify 'onto', which is what I usually hear.



Clive
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So it is 'jumped on/onto the pyre', then. Thanks, Clive.
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