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MarvinTheMartian Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Re: jumped to /into
I'm sorry you felt my comment was out of line. I didn't mean to come off as a "smart alec". I was merely saying that the phrase "jump in (something)" isn't that uncommon. Out of curiosity, I did a Google search and found the following quote from Charles Frazier's Civil War novel "Cold Mountain":
"He jumped in the creek and walked upstream, kicking the water as he went (...)"
Curious how such an "non-proficient" writer was awarded the National Book Award...
Recently, I began re-reading Stephen King's "Pet Sematary". At one point, King uses the following wording: "(...) as they turned in the asphalted driveway that curved around to the shed in back (...)", yet, only a few pages later, writes: "(...) and then the big blue moving van was turning - lumbering - into the driveway." I'm sure if I dig a little deeper into my personal library, I can come up with a million more instances where "into" is substituted with "in". I don't know... It seems to me the distinction isn't as "clearcut" as some grammarians would like to think.
Don't you agree?
"He jumped in the creek and walked upstream, kicking the water as he went (...)"
Curious how such an "non-proficient" writer was awarded the National Book Award...
Recently, I began re-reading Stephen King's "Pet Sematary". At one point, King uses the following wording: "(...) as they turned in the asphalted driveway that curved around to the shed in back (...)", yet, only a few pages later, writes: "(...) and then the big blue moving van was turning - lumbering - into the driveway." I'm sure if I dig a little deeper into my personal library, I can come up with a million more instances where "into" is substituted with "in". I don't know... It seems to me the distinction isn't as "clearcut" as some grammarians would like to think.
Don't you agree?
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It remains irrelevant to the thread, Marvin. Feel free to initiate or join in such discussions in our ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum,. where I am about to move your post.
- It remains irrelevant to the thread, Marvin.
- Feel free to initiate or join in such discussions in our ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum,.
- where I am about to move your post.
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It remains irrelevant to the thread, Marvin. Feel free to initiate or join in such discussions in our ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum,. where I am about to move your post.
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It remains irrelevant to the thread, Marvin. Feel free to initiate or join in such discussions in our ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum,. where I am about to move your post.
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MarvinTheMartianDon't you agree?Yeah. I learned that here on this forum. Prepositions indicating movement are not always necessary:
Quick! Jump into the chimney!
Quick! Jump in the chimney!
Or at least that's what I was told.
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