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branduhn
27 Nov 2022

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Which preposition sounds more natural in this blank, “to” or “into”?
Women are not admitted ____ the club.

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klassiandreams
27 Nov 2022

  • English (US)

Into

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klassiandreams
27 Nov 2022

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@studiousboy A club is a place you go “into”, so they are not admitted “into” the club

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branduhn
27 Nov 2022

  • Simplified Chinese (China)
@klassiandreams Thanks, but I guess “to” also works, right?
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klassiandreams
27 Nov 2022

  • English (US)

@studiousboy yes

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branduhn
27 Nov 2022

  • Simplified Chinese (China)
@klassiandreams So both are correct but native speakers prefer “into”. What if I changed “club” to “university”? Which preposition sounds more natural to you?

She is not admitted ____ the university.
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klassiandreams
27 Nov 2022

  • English (US)

into

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branduhn
27 Nov 2022

  • Simplified Chinese (China)
@klassiandreams Ok. With “university”, you’d still prefer “into”. Thank you!
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branduhn
27 Nov 2022

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@Hunky-dory Got it. Thank you!
Hunky-dory
27 Nov 2022

  • French (France)
@studiousboy ADMIT SOMEONE INTO (something or some place) : to allow someone to enter a place or become a member of some organization or some place. "That university only admits the best applicants INTO (or "TO") its law program." "This school does not admit students INTO (or "TO") a degree program without a high school diploma." "Luckily, a worker admitted us INTO (or "TO") the store (= let us into the store), even though it was about to close." "Can you admit me INTO (or "TO") the office (= Can you let me into the office)? I seem to have forgotten my ID badge at home." "We were admitted INTO (or "TO") the theater (= We were let into the theater) even though we were very late." "We were admitted INTO (or "TO") the hospital (= We were let into the hospital), even though it was past visiting hours. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/admitted+into#:~:text=1.,admit%20new%20documents%20into%20evidence. ADMIT SOMEONE TO (something or some place) : to allow someone to enter or become a member of some organization or place. This ticket will admit you TO the art exhibit. We were admitted TO (or "INTO") the club (= we were let into the club) after we showed the security guard our identification. Women are not admitted TO the club. (= women are not allowed to become members of the club) No, you don't have to pay—my membership will admit us both TO the botanical garden. These are the clothes he was wearing at the time he was admitted TO the hospital. (= when he was hospitalized) https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/admit https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ticket+will+admit+you+to%2Cticket+will+admit+you+into&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=28&smoothing=3 "membership will admit you to" (5 Google hits) "membership will admit you into" (0) "ticket will admit you to" (8,320 Google hits) "ticket will admit you into" (1,440 Google hits) EDIT: The takeaway of all this is, - Human beings and places like schools can ADMIT someone INTO some place or into something like an educational program while things like tickets and memberships cannot. - "admit someone to some organization or place" is much more commonly used than "admit someone into some organization or place" to mean, to allow someone to become a member, part, or inpatient of such places.

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ADMIT SOMEONE INTO (something or some place)
: to allow someone to enter a place or become a member of some organization or some place.
"That university only admits the best applicants INTO (or "TO") its law program."
"This school does not admit students INTO (or "TO") a degree program without a high school diploma."
"Luckily, a worker admitted us INTO (or "TO") the store (= let us into the store), even though it was about to close."
"Can you admit me INTO (or "TO") the office (= Can you let me into the office)? I seem to have forgotten my ID badge at home."
"We were admitted INTO (or "TO") the theater (= We were let into the theater) even though we were very late."
"We were admitted INTO (or "TO") the hospital (= We were let into the hospital), even though it was past visiting hours.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/admitted+i....

ADMIT SOMEONE TO (something or some place)
: to allow someone to enter or become a member of some organization or place.
This ticket will admit you TO the art exhibit.
We were admitted TO (or "INTO") the club (= we were let into the club) after we showed the security guard our identification.
Women are not admitted TO the club. (= women are not allowed to become members of the club)
No, you don't have to pay—my membership will admit us both TO the botanical garden.
These are the clothes he was wearing at the time he was admitted TO the hospital. (= when he was hospitalized)
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/admit

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=t...

"membership will admit you to" (5 Google hits)
"membership will admit you into" (0)

"ticket will admit you to" (8,320 Google hits)
"ticket will admit you into" (1,440 Google hits)

EDIT:
The takeaway of all this is,

- Human beings and places like schools can ADMIT someone INTO some place or into something like an educational program while things like tickets and memberships cannot.

- "admit someone to some organization or place" is much more commonly used than "admit someone into some organization or place" to mean, to allow someone to become a member, part, or inpatient of such places.

branduhn
27 Nov 2022

  • Simplified Chinese (China)
@Hunky-dory Thank you for the effort you put into this question! But your explanation makes me feel like there’s no difference between “into” and “to”, because both mean to allow someone to enter a place or to become a member of a organization.
Hunky-dory
27 Nov 2022

  • French (France)

@studiousboy Please see the edit to my previous post.

branduhn
27 Nov 2022

  • Simplified Chinese (China)
@Hunky-dory I just saw it. Thanks!
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