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Re: preposition

From:Andrew D Chaney <adchaney@...>
Date:Monday, March 19, 2001, 4:18
On Sunday, March 18, 2001, at 09:09 AM, Dan Sulani wrote:
> > BTW, interesting: What's he "into" --- not, "in to", but > What's he "up to" --- not "upto"! Anyone know why? > > Dan Sulani
Because "into" is an accepted English word (He went into the house) and "upto" has not reached that level of acceptance. Andy adchaney@louisiana.edu http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~adc7593/