On...turn into

Writers should be wary of turn into, because it has two

meanings.




Example:

The car turned into a garage.

(Was the car transformed into a garage or did the car drive

into a garage?)

  To avoid ambiguity, it is normal to write:

Turn in to to mean 'drive into', 'walk into, etc.


Turn into to mean 'transform into'.



Examples:

He turned the car in to the cul-de-sac.

(Using into would not be wrong - you have a choice.)

 
He turned the car into gold.