[Grammar] Sense Of Security

[Reaction1]

"He is lulled into a false sense of security."
"He has a false sense of security."
"He is in a false sense of security."

The first two are correct English. Could the use of "in" in the third sentence be correct English?

 

[emsr2d2]

No.

 

[Reaction1]

But, "to be lulled into a false sense of ..." seems to suggest "to be in a false sense of ..." is okay.

So, these could be okay?

"He lives in a false sense of security."
"He lives under a false sense of security."

 

[emsr2d2]

No.

 

[Reaction1]

Thank you, emsr2d2!

So, "He is lulled into a false sense of security" is not correct and should be replaced with
"He is lulled to a false sense of security."?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. At no point did I say there was anything wrong with "He is/was lulled into a false sense of security". It's fine.

 

[Reaction1]

[h=2][/h] So, "into a false sense of security" is fine, but "in a false sense of security" is not?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes. That is correct.

 

[Reaction1]

So, this is wrong:

"He lived in a false sense of security"

and this is correct:

"He lived into a false sense of security"
?

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

NOT A TEACHER

"He lived in a false sense of security" is correct. The other one is wrong.

 

[tzfujimino]

Hello.
I don't know if it is a reliable source or not, but I've found this:
grammar - "In a false sense of security" vs. "into a false sense of security" - English Language and Usage

P.S.(Edit) I've visited COCA. I've found only one with ' (seem to) be in a sense of...', but no result with 'live in a sense of...'

 

[Rover_KE]

NOT A TEACHER

"He lived in a false sense of security" is correct.

No it isn't.

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This is another clone of the usual banned troll.

Thread closed.

 

[bhaisahab]

No it isn't.

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This is another clone of the usual banned troll.

Thread closed.

I've banned them.