Timeline for Usage of "onto' and "into" with materials
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| Nov 14, 2016 at 15:39 | comment | added | user66974 | If you put you hand on the water you keep your hand on the surface. If you put your hand into the water you push your hand past the surface, into it. Please refer to the older question for more exemples. | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 15:32 | comment | added | SovereignSun | Okay. So when we say "Squeeze the ink into the water?" we mean place something inside the water/go through the surface and then squeeze the ink? And when we say "Squeeze the ink onto the water?" we mean place something over the surface/above it and then squeeze the ink? | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 15:30 | comment | added | user66974 | On(to) refers to the surface of water, In (to) means underwater. | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 15:27 | history | edited | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2016 at 15:27 | comment | added | SovereignSun | Please give me more information about the other questions. I wish to know then why is it embed in - meaning to apply onto a surface? To embed a photo in a stone. | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 15:23 | history | answered | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |