Hi & welcome, Chris!  Recently you wrote in a message to alexander koryagin:   
      
    CJ>  Onto is direction, on is static.   
      
      
             Yes.  In these examples Narcissa is clearly moving toward the sofa &   
   Harry's head is clearly moving toward his pillows.  Other examples:   
      
                 A saucer fell from the counter onto the floor.   
                 I've moved the grammar books onto another shelf.   
                 John is stapling a poster onto the bulletin board.   
      
   Things aren't always quite so clear in informal speech, however.  I have often   
   heard native speakers say, for example:   
      
                 A saucer fell on the floor.   
      
      
      
    CJ>  In a language with cases onto will typically be   
    CJ>  correspond with an accusative, on with a dative.   
      
      
             In English, accusative = direct object and dative = indirect object.   
   Either way the inflection (if any) is the same.   
      
             The final noun or pronoun in a prepositional phrase like "on(to) the   
   floor" is usually referred to as the object of the preposition.   
      
      
      
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             This appears to have been copied from Alexander's message, yet I see   
   you're posting via a BBS in Sweden.   
      
             I live in Canada.  Where do you live?  :-)   
      
      
      
      
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