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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Enter The Workforce

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/16/nation/na-newcomb16

"Other studies have shown that graduates of women's colleges enter into the workforce with higher levels of self-esteem and a greater desire to give back to their community."

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/29/news/la-heb-teen-mortality-lancet-20110329

" But here, as young men enter the workforce, they may be introduced to new risks."

How are "enter into the workforce" and "enter the workforce" different?
  

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Hi, Both are OK. Some people might think 'into' is more formal, although I think it sounds a little pretentious. Generally speaking, 'enter into' is a lot less common.

— Clive

  • Hi, Both are OK.
  • Some people might think 'into' is more formal, although I think it sounds a little pretentious.
  • Generally speaking, 'enter into' is a lot less common.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Both are OK. Some people might think 'into' is more formal, although I think it sounds a little pretentious.

Generally speaking, 'enter into' is a lot less common.

Clive
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Thank you, Clive.
Does the same apply to an airplane that's about to crash?

"The airplane entered a tailspin."
"The airplane entered into a tailspin."
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Hi

Both are OK.
But 'into' sounds OK to me here, perhaps because it seems to suggest the idea of motion.

Clive
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SheltieBitesHow are "enter into the workforce" and "enter the workforce" different?
Hi,
The verb enter already includes the idea of going into a particular place or area.
We say, for example, ‘I entered the room’, not ‘I entered into the room’.
The phrasal verb enter into has different meanings, but you need not use it when you merely
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