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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Threw ..in / into

Can I say,

They threw the fishing rods into / fishing lines into the lake.

They threw the fishing line in / into the lake.
  

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All are OK, Vincent. Prescriptivists like 'into', not 'in', with verbs of movement ( throw, go, put , etc).

  • All are OK, Vincent.
  • Prescriptivists like 'into', not 'in', with verbs of movement ( throw, go, put , etc).
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All are OK, Vincent. Prescriptivists like 'into', not 'in', with verbs of movement (throw, go, put, etc).
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