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Shouldn't it be collided with instead?

 
 
Reply Wed 20 Apr, 2016 07:45 am
A BMW, driven by Billy Quek, collided into the rear of his taxi.

The above is from a local newspaper.

Shouldn't it be collided with instead?

Thanks.

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dalehileman
 
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Reply Wed 20 Apr, 2016 10:50 am
@tanguatlay,
Tang I don't know the gram techs, but I like "into," suggesting the taxi might have been stationary and the damage great; where "with" suggests both likely moving

So let's hear from our gram expts
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roger
 
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Reply Wed 20 Apr, 2016 08:04 pm
@tanguatlay,
I would use 'collided with', but I doubt 'into' is actually wrong.
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LisaMc
 
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Reply Thu 21 Apr, 2016 01:03 am
@tanguatlay,
I don't think collided into is wrong in this sentence because it specifies that the rear of the taxi may have damaged due to fault of the BMW driver. If you use collided with in the sentence then it becomes unclear as to who was at fault.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 21 Apr, 2016 01:15 am
I agree with Roger. Although "into" is not necessarily incorrect, it is not what i would expect a native speaker to say. I would expect a native speaker to say "collided with" and the preposition used does not have any bearing on who may be said to be at fault.
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mark noble
 
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Reply Thu 21 Apr, 2016 09:01 am
@tanguatlay,
'Crashed into'
'Collided with'.
ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 21 Apr, 2016 09:06 am
@mark noble,
I agree with Mark on this.
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Thu 21 Apr, 2016 10:40 am
@ehBeth,
Thanks to all of you.
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