{"id":315,"date":"2010-01-06T08:53:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:46:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:46:41","slug":"on-to-vs-onto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/definitions\/on-to-vs-onto\/","title":{"rendered":"On to<\/em> vs. Onto<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rule 1:<\/strong> In general, use onto<\/em> as one word to mean “on top of,” “to a position on,” “upon.”<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/strong><\/em>
\nHe climbed onto the roof. <\/em>
\nLet\u2019s step onto the dance floor.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rule 2:<\/strong> Use onto<\/em> when you mean “fully aware of,” “informed about.”<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/strong>
\nI’m onto your scheme.
\nWe canceled Julia’s surprise party when we realized she was onto our plan.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rule 3:<\/strong> Use on to<\/em>, two words, when on<\/em> is part of the verb.<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/strong>
\nWe canceled Julia’s surprise party when we realized she caught on to our plan.<\/em> (caught on<\/em> is a phrasal verb)
\nI’m going to log on to the computer.<\/em> (log on<\/em> is a phrasal verb)<\/p>\n

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Pop Quiz<\/strong>
\n1. Billy, I\u2019m worried that climbing on to\/onto<\/em> that tree limb is unsafe.
\n2. My daughter is going on to<\/em>\/onto<\/em> graduate school.
\n3. Jose stepped down from the ladder on to\/onto<\/em> the ground.
\n4. The magician realized one person in the audience was on to\/onto<\/em> his trick.
\n5. After you drive five miles, turn on to\/onto<\/em> Highway 280 south.
\n6. The Gateses have moved on to<\/em>\/onto<\/em> a life of philanthropy.<\/p>\n

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Pop Quiz Answers<\/strong>
\n1. Billy, I\u2019m worried that climbing onto<\/em> that tree limb is unsafe.
\n2. My daughter is going on to<\/em> graduate school.
\n3. Jose stepped down from the ladder onto<\/em> the ground.
\n4. The magician realized one person in the audience was onto<\/em> his trick.
\n5. After you drive five miles, turn onto<\/em> Highway 280 south.
\n6. The Gateses have moved on to<\/em> a life of philanthropy.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to learn hundreds of distinctions between common words.<\/p>\n

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Are you ready for the quiz?<\/h6>\n

On to vs Onto Quiz<\/a><\/br>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rule 1: In general, use onto as one word to mean “on top of,” “to a position on,” “upon.” Examples: He climbed onto the roof. Let\u2019s step onto the dance floor. Rule 2: Use onto when you mean “fully aware of,” “informed about.” Examples: I’m onto your scheme. We canceled Julia’s surprise party when we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-definitions","category-prepositions"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5158,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/5158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}