Preposition after "to divide"

[nq:1]Which one is correct: The country is divided in/into 10 territories. Thanks for your help! Pete[/nq]
Into is the preposition used when dealing with division.

Joanne

Would "in" still be acceptable or is it just wrong?

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[nq:2]Into is the preposition used when dealing with division. Joanne[/nq]
[nq:1]Would "in" still be acceptable or is it just wrong?[/nq]
Wrong in the context of your sentence. Compare these two quick examples:

The book in the suitcase was her favorite.
She placed the book back into the right section.
In and into both signfy direction, but you are using a present progressi

[nq:2]Into is the preposition used when dealing with division.[/nq]
"Pete" > Would "in" still be acceptable or is it just wrong?

As a matter of usage, "divide in" is OK, but to me it feels a bit strange.

However, as with "cut", "partition" and other such verbs, I can see that "divide (cut) into two" may also sound a bit stuttery, and may cause some avoidance of the "into"

[nq:2]Into is the preposition used when dealing with division. Joanne[/nq]
In this context, "into" is right. In other contexts, "in" can work with division:
"The country was divided in half."

John Dean
Oxford

[nq:1]In this context, "into" is right. In other contexts, "in" can work with division: "The country was divided in half."[/nq]
Or "the country was divided into halves".
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[nq:2]In this context, "into" is right. In other contexts, "in" can work with division: "The country was divided in half."[/nq]
[nq:1]Or "the country was divided into halves".[/nq]
And as every schoolboy knows:
"Ancient Gaul was quartered into three halves."

[nq:2]Would "in" still be acceptable or is it just wrong?[/nq]
[nq:1]Wrong in the context of your sentence. Compare these two quick examples: The book in the suitcase was her favorite. ... are using a present progressive tense, "is divided", and the correct preposition is into. "is divided in" doesn't make sense.[/nq]
In the quoted context I agree. But "is divided in the middle" works.

I don't think this is necessarily the present progressive tense, tho it could be. That would be more clearly rendered:
The country is being divided into 10 territories. (Someone is dividing the country into 10 territories right now).
Or:
The country is divided by cartographers into 10 territories. (Cartographers continue to divide the country into 10 territories, regardless of what any

[nq:1]"Pete" > > Wrong in the context of your sentence. Compare these two quick examples: The book in the suitcase ... correct preposition is into. "is divided in" doesn't make sense. Here is a nice verb tense site: http://cctc2.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/present progressive.ht