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05-08-2011, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxful View Post
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?
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.