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OJTabby Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Read To Move In

Let's say a house has been renovated:

"The house is ready to move in."
"The house is ready to move into."
"The house is ready for people to move in."
"The house is ready for people to move into."

How grammatically wrong/right are these?
  

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OJTabby How grammatically wrong/right are these? This is correct: The man is ready to move in. That's because a person can move in (move into a house).

— CalifJim

  • OJTabby How grammatically wrong/right are these?
  • This is correct: The man is ready to move in.
  • That's because a person can move in (move into a house).
  • So you can see that this is wrong: The house is ready to move in.
  • That's because a house can't move into a house!
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OJTabbyHow grammatically wrong/right are these?
This is correct: The man is ready to move in. That's because a person can move in (move into a house).
So you can see that this is wrong: The house is ready to move in. That's because a house can't move into a house!
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CalifJim OJTabbyHow grammatically wrong/right are these?This is correct: The man is ready to move in. That's because a person can move in (move into a house).So you can see that this is wrong: The house is ready to move in. That's because a house can't move into a house! The other three are OK, but "into" is better than "in".CJ
Thank you CalifJim.

Doe
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OJTabbyDoes the same reasoning apply to these:
No, because "move" is an action verb, and "live" is not.

You can say "is a great place to live" or "is a great place to live in". Both are used.

CJ
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