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Andyw12345 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

On to vs. onto

0Hi guys,02br
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00Pass the costs onto/on to the customers02br
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1b 01i 00ONTO vs. ON TO: 02i 02b 02br 02br 02br 02br 00 02br 01b 01i 00Onto02i 02b 00 is a preposition. In a sentence, the preposition 01i 01b 02br 00onto02b 02i 00 will be part of a 01i 01b 00prepositional phrase02b 02i 00 consisting of 01i 01b 02br 00onto + its object + any modifiers of its objects02b 02i 00.

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  • 1b 01i 00ONTO vs.
  • ON TO: 02i 02b 02br 02br 02br 02br 00 02br 01b 01i 00Onto02i 02b 00 is a preposition.
  • In a sentence, the preposition 01i 01b 02br 00onto02b 02i 00 will be part of a 01i 01b 00prepositional phrase02b 02i 00 consisting of 01i 01b 02br 00onto + its object + any modifiers of its objects02b 02i 00.
  • The entire phrase it is a part of will function 01i 01b 00adverbially02b 02i 00 to modify the 01i 01b 02br 00verb02b 02i 00 or 01i 01b 00verb phrase02b 02i 00 that precedes the phrase.
  • 00 02br 02br 02br 00However, t00here are a number of sentences where either form would be correct, depending on the intended meaning.
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1b01i00ONTO vs. ON TO: 02i02b02br
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0Hi ..Maybe this can help...But first ....If you hear a native English speaker say 01i00¨ONTO or ON TO¨02i00 they will say them both as a 1 word sound. The key is this ...¨on to¨ means to continue....¨onto¨ means to finalize a concept or fix a position.There are a million other contexts too. 02br
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0Thanks for your response, so in my exame which is correct? - I mean that a company should get rid of costs and pass them over to the competitors02br
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0Hi Andy, 02br
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0You've got a phrasal verb 01i00pass on02i00 here, and the particle at the end of a phrasal verb can't be combined with another word, so you can't use 01i00onto02i00. 01i00on to02i00 is what you need.02br
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01i00Pass your papers in to the teacher. (to pass in)02i02br
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Hey Andy - think your sentence should read "Pass on the costs to the customer" - as for onto vs on to, personal perference for me is "onto" if physically laid on top of something and "on to" should usually always be just "on" ...
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