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There is an instance where either option works, depending upon what you want to say. If "work" is the physical place, "into" is one word; if "work" is the activity, then "in to" is two words. ......

Some extra hints about the differences between one word and two: “Sometime” as an adjective means "occasional" or "here today/gone tomorrow." …He is a sometime friend. “Some time” is an adjectiv...

If you have the word take and it is followed by an adverb, the meaning changes depending on the adverb that is added: take in, take over, take off, take up, take on. The form of the combination is ...

Often the grammar of the sentence determines the one-word/two-word difference for the word sometime. If it is the object of a preposition, it has to be two words. ...for some time... ...at som...

Whether it is into or in to depends upon the meaning and part of speech of the word work. If work means the action of doing the job and is therefore a verbal, it is two words, in to. If work is a p...

As one word, everyday comes in front of a noun and means "ordinary," "routine," "habitual," or "commonplace." Otherwise, it is every day. ...It is an everyday job. ...She had those everyday tasks ...

Putting aside the psychiatric term, you want effect if you have a noun and affect if you have a verb EXCEPT... If you can substitute "bring about" or "make happen" with a verb, it is effect. ...T...

This particular phrase, turn into, is an idiom which means "to become." ...When he drinks, he turns into a monster. So with the word turn, unless the meaning is "to become," in to has to be two w...

There is no need to be a quandary over awhile versus a while. It can always be two words. It has to be two words after a preposition and in "a while ago" and "a while back." ...there for a while....