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- 00:04
Into versus In to, a la Shmoop. Okay, Shmoopers, it's time to discover the
- 00:11
ins and outs of “into” and “in to”.
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Hold onto your seat… we're gonna have a lot of examples for this one…
- 00:18
“Into” is a preposition. It connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of a sentence...
- 00:23
...and is generally related to direction.
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- 00:25
“In to”...
- 00:28
…with a space between the “in” and “to”...
- 00:31
...can be together in a sentence accidentally.
- 00:33
Or, the “in” could be serving as an adverb, preposition, or adjective in the sentence.
- 00:39
Or, the “to” could be a preposition or an adverb within the sentence. See why we
- 00:44
need examples? Let's start with “into”, as in the directional
- 00:48
“into”.
- 00:49
A bird flew into Bob while he was riding his bike...
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...causing Bob to veer into a bush.
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Julie dropped Jane's favorite book into a puddle...
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...and Jane drove her fist into Julie's face. Now, let's look at “in to”...
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...the “in to” with a space between the “in” and the “to”.
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The thieves broke in to the car. “Broke in” is a phrasal verb, so there is a space
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between “in” and “to”. He went in to buy milk. Here, the word “to”
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is part of the infinitive phrase “to buy”. Here's how to remember when to use “into”...
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...the directional, prepositional “into”.
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“Into” serves as an arrow in a sentence...
- 01:43
...as in, “Jane went into the kitchen”...
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...and “Tommy dove into the pool”. The best thing you can do with the “into”
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and “in to” grammar rule is to practice...
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...and practice...
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...and practice some more. It'll be about as fun as toting a sousaphone around a football
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field on a really hot day...
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...but at least you'll wow your English teacher next time you turn in a paper.
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