# "in to" vs. "into"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-to-vs-into/941131>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-to-vs-into/941131 "2021-04-30T23:47:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-to-vs-into/941131/21 "2021-05-01T16:19:09Z")

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> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> > [@bob\_2](#):
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> > As with so much grammar, I just use what looks right to me, fully appreciating that **other’s** (including grammar correction apps) may disagree.&nbsp;
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> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> ‘Going in’ is a verb on **it’s** own, even though it’s two words.

😄 Gaudere’s Law strikes again!

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**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-to-vs-into/941131/22 "2021-05-01T16:26:05Z")

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When is a car not a car?

When it turns into a driveway.

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**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-to-vs-into/941131/23 "2021-05-01T16:26:22Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Gaudere’s Law strikes again!

Curses! Hoist with my own petard! 😬

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**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-to-vs-into/941131/24 "2021-05-01T16:28:30Z")

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Probably an autocorrect error!

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**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-to-vs-into/941131/25 "2021-05-01T19:28:20Z")

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In a very old joke, “I saw a magician walk down the street and turn into a drugstore.”

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