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Jack-in-the-box Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

"To" or "into"?

Which of these two sentences is correct (or more correct):

"I'm putting some sugar in my tea"

or

"...into my tea"?

If they're both correct, is there a difference between them?

Thank you.
  

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I would say they don't have much difference. But "I am walking in the room". and "I am walking into the room" can mean differently.

  • I would say they don't have much difference.
  • But "I am walking in the room".
  • and "I am walking into the room" can mean differently.
  • The former means that you are already in a room and you are walking around now.
  • The latter.
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I would say they don't have much difference.

But "I am walking in the room". and "I am walking into the room" can mean differently. The former means that you are already in a room and you are walking around now. The latter. meaning you are out side of the room, you are entering the room now.

Hope that helps.
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So both sentences are correct. Are you sure?
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So both sentences (I mean, both "I'm putting some sugar in" and "into my tea") are correct: are you sure?
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They are correct both grammatically and semantically.
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I would agree with PASTEL.

When you say I went into the room, it has the meaning of to the inside of the room or rather interion of the room.

So if I said he went into the room, you should understand that he went deep into the room or something similar.

A good example is that I went to the town and I went into the town. If the town is a large one, you could definite
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After put both "into" and "to" are correct - "to" is the more common form.
This is how I learnt it.
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They use in/into, on/onto after some verbs like put, jump, throw to refer to directional movement. into/onto emphasized more on the movement itself whereas in/on is though more of the end of the movement.

jump into the river.

> the movement of jumping itself.
jump in the river.

> 'river' is the terminal aim.


Does that help?
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To or into?

She chased the fox into the Kitchen. The animal escaped and went into / to (?) the sitting room.

Her friends arrived and it escaped to / into (?) the garden.


Thank you.

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