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Zuotengdazuo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The meaning of "on"?


1.The four of them passed through the dining room, empty and silent now, with its fabulous western exposure on the snow-dusted peaks.
2.Hallorann lead them back toward the wide swinging doors that gave on the Overlook Dining Room.
This quotation is from the novel The Shining.
I am just wondering if both "on"s have similar meaning in the sentences. For your information, Overlook is the name of a hotel.
I have looked up a phrase, namely, give onto, which means afford a view of. So I guess the first "on" means "facing" or "point towards" and the second "on" means "lead to" or is just short for "give onto"? I don't know if I understand them correctly.
What's the meaning of "on" in these cases?
Would you elaborate on it?

Thank you in advance.
  

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They have the same idea. "

  • They have the same idea.
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They have the same idea. Incidentally, the word needed in the sentence was "led," not "lead."
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Thank you. So is my understanding correct?

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