學生經常混淆into及in to,因為聽起來實在是一樣,可是意思卻截然不同。先看看以下六組句,究竟用in to還是into?
考考你…
1.Don't forget to hand this note into / in to your teacher.
2. In October, I moved into / in to a new flat.
3. Let's tune into / in to the next podcast same time next week.
4. I am going into / in to have a coffee.
5. Please log into / in to our website by clicking the link.
6. I am going into / in to the cafe to have a coffee.
In及to
兩者都是介詞,卻有着獨立的含意。"to"是介詞,而"in"可以是介詞或副詞。"in to" 一般就是跟"in order to"相似意思。
單詞into及兩個單詞短語in to具有截然不同的含義及不同的用途,兩個大原則,大家可以參考:
Into
Into用以理解單詞之間的關係,一般指內裏(into the inside)的東西,描述一個動詞或代名詞與另一個詞彙之間的關係。例如:
Mary poured hot water into her cup.
Into描述熱水跟杯子的關係。
Into也可以成為介詞短語(prepositional phrase)的一部分。例如:
Cherry ran into the room to greet us.
Cherry走進房間跟我們打招呼。
開首的考考你第二及第六條答案也是into
2.In October, I moved into a new flat.
我在10月份搬入新的單位。
6. I am (going into the cafe) to have a coffee.
我會走進(into)咖啡店喝咖啡。
in to
In to涉及動詞短語(verb phrases)中的單詞,同時與不定式動詞短語(infinitive verb phrase)一起可以使用。in to也可以是動詞片語(phrasal verbs)的一部分。例如:
I move back in to help my former manager run a new course.
考考你另外四條題目答案也是in to
1. Don't forget to hand this book in to your student.
不要忘記把這本書交給你學生。
Hand...in to──為了把書本交給學生才有這樣的動作。
3. Let's (tune in to the next podcast) same time next week.
不如我們下周同一時間收聽下一個Podcast。
Tune in to──為了收聽這個podcast才有這一個動作。
4. I am going in to have a coffee.
In to就是為了喝咖啡,而進入這個地方。
5. Please log in to our website by clicking the link.
請按這連結才能進入我們的網站。
下集繼續討論容易混淆的日常用語。
Miss Carol
資深英語老師、國際英文考試主考官;前大專院校導師及企業培訓導師。