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John liao Posted 12 years ago
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to preposition and cut onto pharse ?

The file goes along a digital cable to printing presses. Here, a supervisor turns the file into a film, and then exposes the film onto an aluminium plate with a plastic surface. A laser beam cuts the contents onto the plastic. It’s the plate that prints the newspaper onto its pages.

Why here "printing" comes after "to", is to a preposition?
What does "A laser beam cuts the contents onto the plastic" mean?
  

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The file goes along a digital cable to the printing presses . john liao Why here "printing" comes after "to", is to a preposition? 'To' is a preposition; its object is 'presses', not 'printing'.

  • The file goes along a digital cable to the printing presses .
  • john liao Why here "printing" comes after "to", is to a preposition?
  • 'To' is a preposition; its object is 'presses', not 'printing'.
  • john liao What does "A laser beam cuts the contents onto the plastic" mean?
  • Contents = text.
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The file goes along a digital cable to the printing presses.
john liaoWhy here "printing" comes after "to", is to a preposition?
'To' is a preposition; its object is 'presses', not 'printing'.
john liaoWhat does "A laser beam cuts the contents onto the plastic" mean?
Contents = text. Does that help?

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