He lit the match and tossed it onto the logs.

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He lit the match and tossed it onto the logs. The fireplace came to life with a whoosh.
 

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I think you'll find that tossing a match onto logs isn't likely to bring a fireplace to life with a whoosh. You usually have to hold the match under the kindling and give it some encouragement. Then the fire will eventually get going — but not with a whoosh.

Try it!
 

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I think you'll find that tossing a match onto logs isn't likely to bring a fireplace to life with a whoosh. You usually have to hold the match under the kindling and give it some encouragement. Then the fire will eventually get going — but not with a whoosh.

Try it!

Actually, a whoosh happens when I pour alcohol on the logs before a toss the match onto them.
 

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He lit [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] a match and tossed it onto the logs. The fireplace came to life with a whoosh.

Actually, a whoosh happens when I pour alcohol on the logs before [STRIKE]a toss[/STRIKE] tossing [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] a match onto them.

Note my amendments above. Unless the specific match has been mentioned already, we use "light a match".

Safety note: it's a very bad idea to put alcohol anywhere and then throw a match on it!
 
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