On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Simon Osborne wrote:
OFF TOPICCan 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 :) ).
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