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In vs. Into

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 4:58 pm
by oursilverstrands
Dear Editor, :D

1) He came in the bedroom where I was and just stood there.

2) He came into the bedroom, where I was and just stood there.

I say it's (2), or does it matter?


Lillian

Re: In vs. Into

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:34 pm
by glorybee
lish1936 wrote:Dear Editor, :D

1) He came in the bedroom where I was and just stood there.

2) He came into the bedroom, where I was and just stood there.

I say it's (2), or does it matter?


Lillian
Sorry for the delay--I've been on vacation, and was in airports most of today.

It definitely matters, and you're right--it's #2 (without the comma).

Here are are few more sentences to illustrate the difference:

She tossed a ball in the lake.

This sentence says that she was in the lake--and that while she was there, she tossed the ball.

She tossed a ball into the lake.

This sentence says that she was on the shore (or somewhere else NOT the lake--perhaps in a hang glider above it) and she tossed the ball so that it went into the waters of the lake.

A few similar sentences with a related pair of words:

Jan hopped on the chair.
Jan hopped onto the chair.


In the first sentence, Jan was already on the chair and she started to hop. In the second one, Jan was on the floor, and after hopping, she was on the chair.

I'll leave it to you to determine the two possible meanings of your original sentences.

Re: In vs. Into

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:01 pm
by oursilverstrands
Thanks, Jan. By the way, I have no idea why I inserted that comma in the second example. I knew better from absorbing your lessons. :D

I hope there's no comma after "better." :oops:

Lillian