Interesting usage of "in" and "into"
I have noticed an interesting usage of the preposition "in" in sentences where the speaker indicates the action of them doing something, for example:
"I lost interest after I was a couple of pages in."
"in" here indicates the action of reading.
I have also noticed that the preposition "into" can be used to indicate spending a period of time, for example:
"They were only 3 years into their marriage."
Could you give me more example sentences? I'd love to know more contexts in which I can use these two prepositions similarly.
Thanks.
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"I lost interest after I was a couple of pages in."
Even worse, if you add "the book" at the end of the sentence, you would use "into":
"I lost interest after I was a couple of pages into the book."
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Hi!
Interesting question - English is crazy, right?? Here are a few more examples for you:
"My friend and I went hiking but had to turn around when we were only 30 minutes in because I realized I had forgotten something."
"Although it was still only a few minutes into the first half, they knew that they had already lost the game."
"I was 10 minutes into a nap when my phone rang."
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Get in my car. We’re going to school.
He jumped into his car to escape the dog.
We are in summer now.
We are two weeks into summer, today.
There are apple slices in the pie.
He bit into the pie.
I am very interested in cars.
I am into cars.
A bird pooped on him an hour into the meal.
I can’t believe we are already a month into the school year!
I hope this helps.
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