Do we fall off the sky?

[Tdol]

Yeah, a girl's parachute got punctured and she fell out of the sky breaking several bones but survived.

That is unfortunate, but it doesn't affect preposition usage.

 

[emsr2d2]

A girl whose parachute punctured on her way down.

That's not a complete sentence. Also, parachutes don't puncture - they just fail. The only thing likely to puncture when skydiving is your eardrum.

 

[Skrej]

Somebody or something might have punctured the parachute, but the parachute can't puncture itself.

 

[tufguy]

That's not a complete sentence. Also, parachutes don't puncture - they just fail. The only thing likely to puncture when skydiving is your eardrum.

What did I miss?

 

[Tarheel]

What did I miss?

It seems that we have covered everything.

 

[emsr2d2]

What did I miss?

"A girl whose parachute punctured on the way down" is not a complete sentence. Look at it very carefully and see if you can work out why it's not complete, and then try to fix it.

 

[tufguy]

"A girl whose parachute punctured on the way down" is not a complete sentence. Look at it very carefully and see if you can work out why it's not complete, and then try to fix it.

1) A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane.

2) A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground when she jumped off a plane.

 

[Tarheel]

1) A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane had a hard landing.

2) A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground when she jumped off a plane.

Where did you see "jumped off a plane"? Hm?

As for your original "sentences, " they are in fact not sentences but noun phrases.

 

[emsr2d2]

1) A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane.

2) A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground when she jumped off a plane.

You still haven't created full sentences. Remember that "A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane" is a single subject. You need a verb after the subject - we need to know what happened to her or what she did. For example:

A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane died.
A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane screamed all the way down.
A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane was very unlucky.
A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane broke many bones when she landed.

The same goes for "A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground when she jumped out of a plane".

 

[Tdol]

1) A girl whose parachute failed on the way down to the ground from a plane.

The only point of stating that it was a plane would be to let us know that she hadn't jumped from a balloon, etc. You are adding unnecessary details. If you were talking about the death of a base jumper, you would state where they had jumped. You cannot jump off a chair and open a parachute that fails. If you simply say that a girl's parachute failed, we have all the information we need to understand the situation.

 

[tufguy]

Where did you see "jumped off a plane"? Hm?

As for your original "sentences, " they are in fact not sentences but noun phrases.

Sorry, so "Jumped off a plane" is wrong. Am I correct? I should say "Jumped out of a plane" but why not "Jumped off"?

 

[GoesStation]

Sorry, so "Jumped off a plane" is wrong. Am I correct? I should say "Jumped out of a plane" but why not "Jumped off"?

You can only jump off of something you can get on. You don't get on to something that you go into. On and off are a pair, and in and out are another pair.

You get in a plane because you go inside it. Which preposition matches in?

 

[emsr2d2]

Unfortunately, from a logic point of view, we do "get on a plane". We get on and get off planes, buses, coaches, trains and boats.

However, the relevant thing here is the verb. The only way one could jump off a plane would be if the plane was on the ground and you decided to jump down from the door instead of using the stairs provided. There is no good reason for that (unless the plane's on fire maybe).

Parachutists get on a plane and then, once it's at a certain height, they jump out of it.

 

[Tdol]

Sorry, so "Jumped off a plane" is wrong. Am I correct? I should say "Jumped out of a plane" but why not "Jumped off"?

If you are standing on the wing of a plane, not inside it, you could say jumped off.

http://home.bt.com/images/wing-walker-136390465003303901-140523162735.jpg

 

[Tarheel]

If you are standing on the wing of a plane, not inside it, you could say jumped off.

http://home.bt.com/images/wing-walker-136390465003303901-140523162735.jpg

Another thing I'll never do.
;-)

 

[Tdol]

I will try not to do any jumping from/out of/off planes.