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    Arrow Hardest School To Get In(to)

    [1] "Harvard is the hardest school to get into."
    [2] "Harvard is the hardest school to get in."

    [1] is undeniably grammatically correct. What about [2]?
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    Default Re: Hardest School To Get In(to)

    Native speakers say so too. Search for "hardest school to get in" in Google. There are a few results.
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    Default Re: Hardest School To Get In(to)

    Quote Originally Posted by NatashiaA View Post
    [1] "Harvard is the hardest school to get into."
    [2] "Harvard is the hardest school to get in."

    [1] is undeniably grammatically correct. What about [2]?
    I'd advise you to use the grammatical form - 1. Or "get in to"

    There are also a few Google results for "hardest school get into". That's no indication of it being right.
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    Default Re: Hardest School To Get In(to)

    But thank you for giving your thread a meaningful, useful title!
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    I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.

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