correct preposition

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Tan Elaine

Many thanks, RonBee, for the additional information.

No problem.


Here are some more examples of the use of in, on, into, and onto:

in

He spit in her face.
He hit her in the face.
He poked her in the eye.
She put the spoon in her mouth.

on

He kissed her on the cheek.
He touched her on the face.
She put lotion on her face.
He put shaving cream on his face.

into

She butted into their conversation.
He got himself into a mess.
They got themselves into a bad situation.
My boss asked me to look into it.

onto

He stepped onto the sidewalk.
Hold onto your seat.
I splashed water onto my face.
I loaded the data onto a disk.

onto:

She stepped onto the sandy beach. Then she stepped right off the sand because it was so hot.

onto definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

[Tan Elaine]

Hi RonBee

I deeply appreciate your helpfulness.

[chellamuthu]

Thanks to elaine and moderater. I also felt that using "in our faces" would be better. Thank you once again.

[chellamuthu]

Hi Mr. Ronbee,
your explanation is very informative. Thank you.