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Show iii HOW DO YOU SAY IT? ByC. N. Luri. " Common Errors in English and ' i How to Avoid Them 1 "IN" AND "INTO." THE distinction between tho uses of these two words, "In" and "Into," can be expressed best by giving giv-ing wmmples of proper nnd Improiwr usngo. Therefore, compare tho two sentences which follow: "Tho man walked In tho house" and "The man walKed Into the house." In the first case tlu action was confined entirely to the house; that Is, tho man was hi the house, and ho walked therein. Hut In the second case, tho limn was outshh' the house, and ho en tired It. "In" shows state of being, or position ; "Into" denotes action, movement, tendency ten-dency or direction. Do not sny: "I fell In the wnter," but say, "I fell Into the wnter." Following Fol-lowing is n ease In which the two words are used correctly In one sentence: sen-tence: "I threw the stone Into the houxp, and It lies In tht? room." "Come In the house," says tlu mother moth-er to tho child. She should say: "Come |