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Sururi Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"to" after "enter," as in, "enter to"?

In sentences like, "If you want to enter this building," "if you want to enter (get into) this university," why don't you need a "to" after "enter"? I know it sounds weird, but is there a specific explanation?
  

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Enter is used as a transitive verb in your examples. Transitive verbs take an object without a preposition: I saw the house . I like the house .

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  • Enter is used as a transitive verb in your examples.
  • Transitive verbs take an object without a preposition: I saw the house .
  • I like the house .
  • I entered the house .
  • Your confusion probably stems from the difference between English and your native language, in which the verb corresponding in meaning to enter isn't a transitive verb.
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Enter is used as a transitive verb in your examples. Transitive verbs take an object without a preposition:

I saw the house.
I like the house.
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Thank you for that explanation! It was exactly what I was looking for. I'm not confused about this at all, I'm just trying to help out a friend who's learning English at the moment. I told him, "it just sounds unnatural to add a 'to' after 'enter,'" but he wasn't satisfied with this kind of answer.
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sururiexplanation
You might also consider saying that "enter" by itself in English already contains the concept of "into", so that "enter" in English means "enter into" in the other language.

It's the opposite for other words. Often two words in English are equivalent to one in another language. For example, "listen to" and "wait for" are each only o
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CJ, that's a great explanation!
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Thanks. Emotion: bow

It's a trick that's always worked for me — as the result of learning a lot of languages.

CJ
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