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Hello!
I have seen the following question.
She wants to ________ the police, but she is too young.
A. join
B. go into
The key is A, but I am wondering why B is wrong. Would you mind helping me, please?
 

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Hello!
I have seen the following question.
She wants to ________ the police, but she is too young.
A. join
B. go into
The key is A, but I am wondering why B is wrong. Because it is not as good as A. Sometimes multiple-choice questions have more than one at least somewhat acceptable answers. In that circumstance, the best answer is the only correct answer.
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Thank 2006!
It is difficult for me to understand.

go into something

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3 to join an organization, especially in order to have a career in it
- to go into the Army/the Church/Parliament
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/go_1


club/company

join (something)to become a member of an organization, a company, a club, etc
- I've joined an aerobics class.
- She joined the company three months ago.

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/join_1
 

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People do "go into" the army. But they don't "go into" the police. That is just the way English is.
 

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In BrE, you will hear "go into the police" but not as frequently as "join the police".
 

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Thank Mike and emsr2d2.
By the way, I am wondering which is used with "the armed force", "go into" or "join", please.
 

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In BrE, the same applies. Both are used but I hear "join" more frequently. With the armed forces, you also hear "to join up".
 

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I think that it's not a very good question. Sometimes when writing questions, people don't think through all the possibilities- it's easy to do this. It's clear that a) is the answer that they're looking for, but it seems a bit harsh to say that b) is wrong to me.
 
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