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Post by Tone on May 20, 2011 19:40:39 GMT
Which sounds "right" to you the "into" or the "in to"?
"Telephone or call into the practice for an eye exam and if you choose to purchase ..."
Or
"Telephone or call in to the practice for an eye exam and if you choose to purchase ..."
(And yes, I'd have writ "examination" in full.)
Tone
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Post by Dave on May 21, 2011 6:49:25 GMT
I think they both sound alike, but the the second is written correctly.
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Post by Twoddle on May 21, 2011 10:20:14 GMT
I don't see why they couldn't have used "visit"!
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Post by Dave on May 21, 2011 15:48:02 GMT
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Post by Geoff on May 22, 2011 2:41:42 GMT
... but the the second is written correctly. I agree.
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Post by Pete on May 22, 2011 7:43:00 GMT
I have a similar problem with sometime vs some time. Is it 'come up and see me some time' or 'come up and see me sometime'?
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Post by Twoddle on May 22, 2011 8:26:02 GMT
Damn! I got one with androids in it.
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Post by Verbivore on May 22, 2011 12:28:56 GMT
Which sounds "right" to you the "into" or the "in to"? "Telephone or call into the practice for an eye exam and if you choose to purchase ..." Or "Telephone or call in to the practice for an eye exam and if you choose to purchase ..." (And yes, I'd have writ "examination" in full.) Tone I have a near-daily battle with this and its siblings on to / onto, some time / sometime ... and not just a battle with others' usage of them, but sometimes my own; they require consciousness, not "automatic writing". In Tone's example, the act is that of "calling in", something different from "calling" (phone call); one calls in to somewhere. However, if one falls and lands in a hole, one falls into the hole, not in to it. The in and the to are married, whereas in the first example, the in is married to the call. Likewise, on to / onto ...He went on to talk about plants. She walked onto the grass. Some time / sometime ...I like to have some time to myself sometime. It's late and the brain complains.
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Post by Tone on May 22, 2011 13:38:59 GMT
>In Tone's example, the act is that of "calling in", something different from "calling" (phone call); one calls in to somewhere.<
Precisely!
Tone
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Post by Pete on May 25, 2011 9:35:16 GMT
In Tone's example, the act is that of "calling in", something different from "calling" (phone call); one calls in to somewhere. However, if one falls and lands in a hole, one falls into the hole, not in to it. The in and the to are married, whereas in the first example, the in is married to the call. When I travel by train, the 'steward' will sometimes announce that the train is "arriving into London St Pancras". I thought one arrived at a place.
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Post by Sue M-V on Jun 2, 2011 0:46:06 GMT
You can arrive in a place, if it's big enough!
Sue
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Post by Tone on Jun 3, 2011 19:57:08 GMT
>When I travel by train, the 'steward' will sometimes announce that the train is "arriving into London St Pancras". I thought one arrived at a place. <I think it's a matter of idiom. When a train (preferably a steam-hauled train! ) arrives at an enclosed terminus station, such as St. Pancras, I think it's quite appropriate to "arrive into" it. But I wouldn't use it at an open, non-terminus station. And likewize, probably, for an enclosed end-of-the-route bus station. Tone
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Post by Twoddle on Jun 3, 2011 21:16:12 GMT
>When I travel by train, the 'steward' will sometimes announce that the train is "arriving into London St Pancras". I thought one arrived at a place. <I think it's a matter of idiom. When a train (preferably a steam-hauled train! ) arrives at an enclosed terminus station, such as St. Pancras, I think it's quite appropriate to "arrive into" it. But I wouldn't use it at an open, non-terminus station. And likewize, probably, for an enclosed end-of-the-route bus station. Tone Nope. Trains arrive "at" places. Nothing else will do.
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Post by Geoff on Jun 4, 2011 5:14:24 GMT
An inter-city or transcontinental train might arrive in a city. A suburban train will arrive at a station, regardless of whether the stop is at the end of the line or the station is enclosed.
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Post by Tone on Jun 4, 2011 19:59:47 GMT
When it arrives it enters the station building. Ergo, it goes into it. (And when it leaves it comes out.) Tone
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