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Which is more correct?

I’ve created a web page that you can just drag and drop the videos in to:

http://...

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I’ve created a web page that you can just drag and drop the videos into:

http://...

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  • "Broadly speaking, in refers to something that already exists inside something, while into implies motion from outside to inside." from english.stackexchange.com/a/18149/59389 - Therefore, it would appear to be better to use "into" as we want to, for example, to drag the videos from the desktop into the web page - hmmm, or maybe that should be "on to" - doh!
    – Philip Murphy
    Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 16:55
  • "into which you can drop the video"?
    – Tim Lymington
    Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 18:50
  • I settled on 'into' in the end. @TimLymington thanks, yes that will avoid a trailing preposition as well. - in full, "I’ve created a web page into which you can drop the videos."
    – Philip Murphy
    Commented Dec 12, 2013 at 13:21

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In to only works when to is introducing an infinitive. I don't seen anything wrong with the simpler form: I've created a web page that you can just drop the videos in.

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  • I've updated original as I should have said that the drop here is really part of the computer phase to 'drag and drop' something.
    – Philip Murphy
    Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 16:31

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