I feel slightly offended. Because it’s true.

(Alt text: “Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you’re currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.”)

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    5 months ago

    I would have guessed that into and in are interchangeable for this case, at least in US English. But in other contexts into is a direction, in is a position.

    Falling into it includes the travel time (potentially from a great height), whereas in mostly pertains to the end state?

    That would mean into and down refer to different parts of the falling timeline.