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Mr.Naom

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Spanish
Hello there!

From The Girl On The Train

"Later he came back looking for me, but Iā€™d already
gone. I got into a taxi, I assume, or back onto the train"

Is there an implicit word before "back onto" such as "got" to be "or got back onto the train"?
Then can I replace "onto" here by just "on"?

Thanks a lot!
The missing implicit word is exactly 'got'. In fact, it is there and covers both phrases that follow it - into a taxi and onto the train.

I have no big problem, personally, with 'on', but the original is better as it gives you the direction and is not just a static preposition.
I have no big problem, personally, with 'on', but the original is better as it gives you the direction and is not just a static preposition.

Ok, "onto" is better, I already think that the meaning is "got back home on the train", but that meaning doesn't exist, it is just "got back towards the train" isn't it?
'Get back home on the train' seems to say that you live on a train. šŸ‘ Confused :confused:
šŸ‘ Big Grin :D

You can surely get back home .

'Get back towards the train' tells me that you were near the train, then you got away from it and now you are approaching it again... But largely, it is not something I would expect to hear in ordinary circumstances.
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