Do you know the difference between 'onto' and 'on to'?

Do you know the difference between 'onto' and 'on to'?

If you don't, you're not alone. And I hope this blog post will help you to spot the difference. Read on for the theory, some examples and a challenge.

🆃🅷🅴 🆃🅷🅴🅾🆁🆈:

𝕆𝕟𝕥𝕠 is a preposition, meaning 𝕠𝕟 or 𝕦𝕡𝕠𝕟 (in terms of position). And 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 is generally made up of 𝕠𝕟 from a phrasal verb and 𝕥𝕠 from an infinitive or preposition. 𝕆𝕟𝕥𝕠 can also be used in the sense of 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 (used more informally). 

🆃🅷🅴 🅴🆇🅰🅼🅿🅻🅴🆂:

✒️ The cat jumped onto the dog's back. 

Here, 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 is a preposition meaning 𝕠𝕟 or 𝕦𝕡𝕠𝕟. 

✒️ She moved 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 her main course. 

Here, 𝕠𝕟 is part of the phrasal verb 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 and 𝕥𝕠 is a preposition. 

✒️ He logged 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 do his homework.

Here, 𝕠𝕟 is part of the phrasal verb 𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 and 𝕥𝕠 is part of the infinitive 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠. 

✒️ She's 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 us. 

Here, 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 means 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖'𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘. 

🅰🅽🅳 🅷🅴🆁🅴'🆂 🅰 🆂🅴🅽🆃🅴🅽🅲🅴 🆆🅸🆃🅷 🅰🅻🅻 🅵🅾🆄🆁: 

✒️ She was 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 us, so we had to move 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 a new target, which meant jumping 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 the next bus and logging 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 do our reconnaissance. 

Can you create one? It's satisfying, trust me. 

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