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Sandy Ho Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Stepping point

Hi,

It acts, however, as a useful stepping point on to other areas...

what's 'stepping point'

why is 'on to' in the following part.

Would you please help me to analyse the sentence structure?

here is the full text.

http://www.lonelychina.com/nanchang/nanchang-attractions.html

Thank you in advance.
  

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"Stepping stones" is a common metaphor. As the real thing, they're useful in crossing a shallow brook. You may stop briefly and catch your balance, and then simply treat it as a point of departure.

— Avangi

  • "Stepping stones" is a common metaphor.
  • As the real thing, they're useful in crossing a shallow brook.
  • You may stop briefly and catch your balance, and then simply treat it as a point of departure.
  • " But "on to" is two words in your excerpt.
  • " It's time to move on to other things.
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"Stepping stones" is a common metaphor. As the real thing, they're useful in crossing a shallow brook. You may stop briefly and catch your balance, and then simply treat it as a point of departure.
We might say, "and then step onto another stone." But "on to" is two words in your excerpt. "On" refers to "travelling on." It's time to move on to other things.
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"Stepping point on to" in this context means a good place to start that is a natural segue to other areas of travel.

It could also be used to describe proceeding in things other than travel, such as in the following sentences: "Basic Introduction to Cultures of the World is a good course to provide a stepping point on to more detailed courses in Geography and Anthropology."
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