{"id":1038,"date":"2012-05-04T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2013-11-11T17:12:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T22:12:28","slug":"within-vs-with-in-vs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/within-vs-with-in-vs-in\/","title":{"rendered":"“Within” vs. “with in” vs. “in”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I wrote a post on the difference between can not<\/strong> and cannot<\/strong><\/a> and in the comments to that post a reader asked me to write about the difference between within<\/em><\/strong> and with in<\/em><\/strong> and without<\/em><\/strong> and with out<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Well, it turns out there really is not a difference in meaning between without<\/em> and with out<\/em> or within<\/em> and with in<\/em>.\u00a0 Within<\/strong> and without<\/strong> are simply the correct ways of writing these words.\u00a0 Within and without should not be written with a space between with\/in or with\/out, according to all major dictionaries.\u00a0 This is a good lesson for us all (myself included) to be sure in the future to remember that these words are always written as one word (i.e. within), not two separate words (with in).\u00a0 But since we are talking about the word within there is a small but important difference in usage to be noted between the words within<\/em> and in<\/em>.\u00a0 I am going to take the time to go over that difference today.<\/p>\n

In<\/em> vs. within<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In<\/em> (a preposition) expresses a period of time during which an event will take place or a situation remains the case. In<\/em> expresses that a specific stated time will elapse before another event happens.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples of correct usage (with what the examples mean in parentheses):
\nI will leave for vacation in<\/em><\/strong> a month. (Exactly one month from now I will go on vacation.)
\nWe’ll be there in<\/em><\/strong> an hour.\u00a0 (Exactly one hour will go by and then we will arrive.)<\/p>\n

Within<\/em> (a preposition) expresses that something will occur inside a particular period of time.\u00a0 Within<\/em> is used to express that some stated time or less<\/em> will pass before something happens.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples of correct usage (with what the examples mean in parentheses):
\nWe’ll reach the cabin within<\/em><\/strong> the hour. (We will arrive sometime between now and one hour from now.)
\nYou must send off your registration within<\/em><\/strong> three days. (You have from now until three days from now to send your registration.)<\/p>\n

I hope this explanation makes sense to you all.\u00a0 Like I said above, the difference between the prepositions in<\/em> and within<\/em> is slight, but it does exist, so it is good to know which to use in different situations.<\/p>\n

I’ll be putting up another post for you to read in<\/em> a day \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A while back I wrote a post on the difference between can not and cannot and in the comments to that post a reader asked me to write about the difference between within and with in and without and with out.\u00a0 Well, it turns out there really is not a difference in meaning between without…<\/p>\n

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