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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Into/in

Hello Teachers!

1.The thieves broke in through the back door.

2.The thieves broke into through the back door.

What is diffrence between two sentences?

Can I use "in" and "into" interchangeably?

Thanks.
  

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Not interchangeable here, Hanuman, and the second sentence is incorrect. 'In' can be an adverb (as in #1) or a preposition, but 'into' is only a preposition, and requires its object: 2. The thieves broke into the house through the back door.

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  • Not interchangeable here, Hanuman, and the second sentence is incorrect.
  • 'In' can be an adverb (as in #1) or a preposition, but 'into' is only a preposition, and requires its object: 2.
  • The thieves broke into the house through the back door.
  • If you are speaking generally, 'in' and 'into' as prepositions are rarely interchangeable except in casual English, the former specifying a location and the latter indicating a direction.
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Not interchangeable here, Hanuman, and the second sentence is incorrect. 'In' can be an adverb (as in #1) or a preposition, but 'into' is only a preposition, and requires its object:

2. The thieves broke into the house through the back door.

If you are speaking generally, 'in' and 'into' as prepositions are rarely interchangeable except in casual English, the former
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