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Chemical Posted 14 years ago
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Screw Into

"The bookcase is screwed to the wall."
"The bookcase is screwed into the wall."

How are "in" and "into" different in this context?
  

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The only thing you can ***** into the wall is a *****. " (Also "nailed to the wall" / "glued to the wall") If you say, "The ***** is screwed in the wall," you mean it has been screwed into the wall, but it's a rather low register expression.

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  • The only thing you can ***** into the wall is a *****.
  • " (Also "nailed to the wall" / "glued to the wall") If you say, "The ***** is screwed in the wall," you mean it has been screwed into the wall, but it's a rather low register expression.
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The only thing you can ***** into the wall is a *****.

"Screwed to the wall" is a sort of idiom which means "attached to the wall with screws."
(Also "nailed to the wall" / "glued to the wall")

If you say, "The ***** is screwed in the wall," you mean it has been screwed into the wall, but it's a rather low register expression.
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