Showing posts with label inn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inn. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

in, inn

In or in means not out, or inside of, or within the limits of, in space, time or ideas--
Did you let the cat in?
Put the milk in the refrigerator.
Drop the coin in the slot.
In our town...
It will be over in a week.
There are no pictures in this book.

In also means undergoing a state of--
The wheels are in motion
They are in love.
This is in style now.
In may mean using, or by means of--
In my humble opinion...
In a word, no.
In so many words...
Can you read that sign? It's in Spanish.

Inn or inn ( rhymes with in ) means a hotel, motel or bread-and-breakfast--
"There was no room at the inn..."
They stayed at an old-fashioned inn while on vacation.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Is there a fireplace in the inn?"

Note-- "in-" is a prefix ( something added to the beginning of a word ). When "in-" is added to a word, it alters the meaning of the original word to its opposite or negative, much the same as "un-" does--
expensive, inexpensive
tolerant, intolerant
accurate, inaccurate
accessible, inaccessible
adequate, inadequate
ability, inability
advisable, inadvisable
animate, inanimate
necessary, unnecessary
kind, unkind
fortunate, unfortunate
"In-", as a prefix, may also mean inside of, or withing the limits of--
The Great Lakes are well known inland waterways.