Hello, Fellas. Happy Independence Day! How’s your day? Did you attend the rising flag ceremony like I did?

Today we would discuss some tricky prepositions, such as “ask for.”’ “ask to,” “into,” “in to,” etc.

“Into” vs. “in to”

“Into” shows the motion towards something else, for illustration a place (a room).

Example:

• “I walk into the meeting room,”
• “The bird fly into its nest.”

Meanwhile “in to” is generally an adverb ‘in’ which is followed by preposition ‘to.’

Example:

• “I turn in to Thomson Road,”
• “Put this pen in to the pencil case.”

“Ask for” vs. “ask to.”

“Ask for” is a phrasal verb that express our request for something (an object).

Example:

• “I will ask for a new phone on my birthday,”
• “Mr. John asks for his coffee.”

On the other hand, “ask to” is used when you wish someone to do something (verb).

Example:

• “I asked Donna to clean the living room,”
• “Daddy asked me to buy apples.”

“Think about” vs. “think of”

If you are thinking about something for a long time/considering something, then you will use “think about.”

Example:

• “I was thinking about pursuing my master degree in UK.”
• “My mom thought about our plan to move to Florida.”

However, if you are imagining something/spontaneously thinking about something, then you use “think of.”

Example:

• “I thought of having a private library in my home,”
• “This song makes me think of our high school moments.”

Source:

• http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/into-vs-in-to
• https://www.grammarly.com/blog/into-vs-in-to/
• http://www.grammar.net/tricky-prepositions
• https://www.espressoenglish.net/how-to-use-the-english-verb-ask-correctly/

Compiled and written by @mettaa_ for @EnglishTips4u on Thursday, August 17, 2017