[projectaon] Re: 14tcok erratum
- From: Benjamin I Krefetz <krefetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:08:37 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Simon Osborne wrote:
OFF TOPIC
Can I quickly ask for decisions on two non-specific occurrences of "on to"
which occur in several books, please?
* latch on to (as in, "The wolves latch on to your cloak.") I think this
shouldn't be changed, but I'm not 100% sure.
* tipped on to (as in, "The cart is tipped on to its side.") This maybe
should be changed, but I'm not 100% certain.
Decisions on these two should resolve about 10 more "on to" issues, leaving
(if I can count) only 19 still to be resolved.
My vote is for keeping the first as is and changing the second, reasoning
being that "latch on" is a phrase by itself, to which "to" is added.
"Tipped on" is not an independent phrase (though "tipped off" is :) ).
Ben
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