Which makes more grammatical sense?!
Question: In to or into? Like, "I threw the ball into the air" or "I threw the ball in to the air". I want to know so I don't lose grammar points on this essay.
Answers: In to or into? Like, "I threw the ball into the air" or "I threw the ball in to the air". I want to know so I don't lose grammar points on this essay.
The first one, "I threw a ball into the air" is correct. The second one, "I threw a ball in to..." signifies that you are throwing the ball to someone like, "I threw the ball in to Lance, who was waiting in the hallway". So you would'nt throw a ball in to the air, but you would throw it into the air.
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in to isn't correct gramatically.
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it's one word
Good luck!
Into meaning, entering or changing form,
Dude, if you don't know that very basic premise, then you need big help proof-readign that baby!!
Luck!!
I'd say "into" for sure, but its a close call...
into.....in to means put sothin' in to :P i helped right
I am a high school teacher, and I consider myself somewhat a grammar afficionado. I prefer the statement "I threw the ball 'in' the air" or possibly "I threw the ball up in the air"
Into would be the better choice in the example sentence you used. Here is why.
IN TO vs. INTO:
I. Into is a preposition. In a sentence, the preposition
into will be part of a prepositional phrase consisting of
into + its object + any modifiers of its objects. The entire phrase it is a part of will function adverbially to modify the
verb or verb phrase that precedes the phrase.
1. When he walked into the room, he found that the meeting had already started.
2. Put the toys into the basket.
3. The pumpkin was turned into a carriage.
II. In the phrase in to, in is an adverb, directly modifying a verb, and to is a preposition with its own object. When the word into is used in a sentence where in to is meant, the resulting statement can be absurd. In the second sentence, the paper is transformed--poof!--into the teacher.
1. She turned her paper in to the teacher.
vs.
2. She turned her paper into the teacher.
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"Into" means you were standing on the ground and threw the ball up into the air.
"In the air," would mean that you were in the air when you threw the ball.
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IN + TO = into: signifies movement toward the interior of a volume
("To" is part of the directional preposition toward, and the two mean about the same thing.)
ON + TO = onto: signifies movement toward a surface
With many verbs of motion, "on" and "in" have a directional meaning and can be used along with "onto" and "into".
Susumu dived in(to) the water.
Susumu is in the water
The patient went into the doctor's office.
The patient went in. (not into)
Our new neighbors moved into the house next door yesterday. ('to take up residence in a new home')
Our new neighbors moved in yesterday.
in an information question, "into" also can be last word except for an adverbial when its object is questioned by a wh- word:
Now what kind of trouble has she gotten herself into?
Now what sort of trouble is she in?
We'll move your brother's old bed into your room. Onto" can generally be replaced by "on" with verbs of motion.
This use of "into" is like the use of onto
So to sum up into would be the best to use in your situation.