I feel slightly offended. Because it’s true.

(Alt text: “Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you’re currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.”)

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    • callipygin@reddthat.comEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I could say “I fell in a hole” to mean either case (I was in or out of the hole beforehand), but for “I fell into a hole” I would only use it when starting outside the hole. (native speaker)

      Like on the one hand it could mean “I fell [while I was] in the hole”

      But it could also mean “I fell [and then I was] in the hole”