whats the difference between into and in to?

Question

juss wonderin

Answer 1

The best way for me to explain this is to use examples.

Jack is "into" building cars. He has an interest in them.

Jack carried the box "in to" the garage. He actually went in side side where. See the difference?

I guess "into" is more of a slang term. I spin off from using the phrase in to.

Answer 2

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whats the difference between into and in to?
juss wonderin

Answer 3

NOOOOOOO the best answer is wrong. you don't say
Jack carried the box "in to" the garage. it should be into the garbage

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"in to" has two meanings.

1. "in to" means, "in order to" which means it has an infinitive verb (to see, to do, to walk, to eat like that without a subject or a tense), so after "in to" there is a verb(do, walk, eat).

2., "in to" might not have a verb after "to" (as previously said) like he turned his paper "in to" the teacher. in here it's "turn in" and "to teacher" "turn in" means towards someone. or you can say it simply he gave his paper to his teacher. so it has a phrasal verb. meaning verb and another word like an adverb( adverb describes a verb like "break down", "fall down" , "jump up") or a preposition (preposition describes TIME, PLACE, MOVEMENT such as "go along" (along means movement), "go back" (back means a movement), "go away" (away means a movement), "go after"(after means a time, such as I will meet you after the lunch so in indicates a TIME)) BUT in here we only NEED to know what comes with IN, such as "move in" NOT "move up" BECAUSE we are talking about "IN TO".

examples
jack turned his paper in to the teacher (turn in - towards someone)
jack gave in to the lora's request (give in - admit after being nagged so long)
jack moved in to another state to begin a new life (move in - go somewhere else)

in short,

"in to" -> "to see, "to do", "to walk". (infinitive verb)
"in to" -> "move in", "give in", "turn in" (phrasal verb)

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1. into means you go into an enclosed space (like a room, a building or a cave which is covered).

2. it also means a state like into coma, into troubles (notice that coma, troubles ain't verbs). You have to keep in your mind that THERE WILL NEVER BE a verb after INTO. it is always a noun or something else other than a verb. so it's easy to find.

examples
Jack got into troubles (troubles is a plural noun) (in here into implies a state)
Jack went into his room (his means an adjective ,room means a noun)(in here into implies WHERE ,meaning he went into some closed space)
Harry Potter turned his friend into a frog (well in here even though there is TURNED, it IS NOT "TURN IN",meaning it doesn't use as a phrasal verb, just as a verb so it doesn't mean toward something, in here it means MOVE OR CHANGE)

in short,
"into" -> into troubles, into coma, into a frog (a state or a condition)
"into" -> into the room , into the building, into the garage( an enclosed space)

you use "THE" to be more specific. like which garbage, or which building unless you say, INTO A BUILDING.
so it doesn't have a specific meaning. the building could be anything.

Answer 4

Going into labor is an early Step in the process of giving birth.

Answer 5

"into"
This is its own preposition. You can think of it as answering the question "where?" or better "where to" (since it refers to motion in a particular direction - toward the inside of something)

"As soon as it started to rain, Tom went into the house."

(This is the original meaning of the word. The slang use others have mentioned --s in "I'm really into rock music"-- was created in the 1960s.)

Compare this dictionary entry: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/into


"in to"
These are two distinct words, that sometimes just happen to end up used next to each other.

For example, look at this sentence:
"I just stopped in to say hello."
The word "in here in an adverb attached to its own verb, while the word "to" is a separate preposition (in this case meaning "in order to")

One test for this -- you can stop after "in" and the sentence makes sense.


For some more examples and explanation, see:
http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/into.html

Answer 6

into is kind-of a slang word but in to is like when you actually go IN TO something.

Answer 7

in to is not commonly used in american english.