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Originally Posted by Maxful
Hi, I can across this phrase "オレンジ・ジュースが入ったグラスにストローを挿す (put a straw into a glass of orange juice)", I was wondering if "置く" could supersede "挿す" as "Put" in the above phrase?
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No, it could not.
If you said ストローを置く, native speakers would automatically think you are placing it someplace and
doing so horizontally. You are not using the straw.