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xkcd again, but now on linguists and their weird habits
  • 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"

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