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26 January
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What is the difference between Spit on the face and Spit in the face ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Spit on the face and Spit in the face ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
"Spit in the face" = spitting in anger, upset, with aggression.
"He spits on the floor" = he just spits on the floor
"They were arguing together. She was so angry with him, that she spat in his face and ran out of the room. The man felt the spit on his face. Some of it went into his mouth, and he spat it on the floor."
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- English (US)
"Spit in the face" = spitting in anger, upset, with aggression.
"He spits on the floor" = he just spits on the floor
"They were arguing together. She was so angry with him, that she spat in his face and ran out of the room. The man felt the spit on his face. Some of it went into his mouth, and he spat it on the floor."
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spit on the face = could either mean "there is some spit on the face" or a command to "launch spit from one mouth to a different face"
spit in the face = only means to "launch spit from one mouth to a different face"
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@Strange_cat there is no difference between the two. :) it is more grammatically correct in English to say “spit on (my,his,her) face”, but here in America, it is common to say grammatically incorrect sayings such as “spit in” instead of “spit on”.
The word “the” is only for expressing an object or title. A ‘face’ isn’t an object, rather it is a body part of a human being, ^_^ so it is best to write pronouns instead of “the”.
Unless you mean “spit on the face” and “the” is referring to the face of an object. Like... the face of a statue. :)
As for using ‘spit “in” the face’ it is commonly used here in America , but it’s not proper English. Using “spit in the face” would mean, spit INSIDE the face, which probably isn’t possible. 😁
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