In the sentence 'She jumped on bed and fell off it last night. Today she had back pain.', what is actually the meaning of 'jumped on', is it she jumped from the floor to the bed or she jumped up and down on the bed?
I think it is almost impossible to fall when she just jumped up and down on the bed.
But I don't know, because 'jumped onto' should be used for the second meaning.
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Re: on and onto
I would say either on or onto is okay because we are talking about movement here.
From the sentence, I understand that the person was one moment on it and the next off it. And in course of that movement the person hurt their back. But I do not think the writer meant that the person was jumping up and down on the bed.
From the sentence, I understand that the person was one moment on it and the next off it. And in course of that movement the person hurt their back. But I do not think the writer meant that the person was jumping up and down on the bed.