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I've lost some memory it seems - when does one use "in to" versus "into?"

~ The sites/books I looked at for an asnwer are just not sinking in for me

Posted - June 6, 2017
Tag : language

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  • 23576
    "answer" -- woops! Typo in the question
      June 6, 2017 10:04 AM MDT
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  • 17593
    Into says that something moved or was placed to the interior of something else:

    Cathy ran into the house to get her purse.

    Any other time:

    Cathy ran back in to get her purse.
      June 6, 2017 12:05 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    Hey, thanks, Thriftymaid! I appreciate your help!
    :)

    Yet, in my head, in some ways it still seems that one can infer that Cathy is running back into the house again in the second example.
    :)
    But wait -- 2d example does not say "what" she is running into, as in, specifically, the house - - and "into," by itself, in the second example would make no sense. I'm just typing and thinking out loud here!
    Ha!
    Maybe I'm getting it. I had it at one point in my life, I think. I don't know why it's slipped.
    :)
      June 6, 2017 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/in-to-or-into
      June 6, 2017 12:51 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    Thanks, tom jackson! There's some nice detailed information in that link. I'll probably be re-visiting yours and Thriftymaid's answers, perhaps more than once, ha!
    Thanks, again!
    :)
      June 6, 2017 3:23 PM MDT
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  • I'm not into answer this.
      June 6, 2017 5:05 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    :)
    Love it!
    Thanks, whistle6!
    :)
      June 6, 2017 5:13 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    not sure, i dont have the greatest memory either
      June 7, 2017 4:56 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    I'm glad I'm not alone.
    :)
      June 15, 2017 2:25 PM MDT
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