turned to and turned into?

[Ju]

a. After the family problem occured, compared to before, she turned to a very strong girll.

b. After the family problem occured, compared to before, she turned into a very strong girl..

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1. Are the above sentences correct?

2. What are the differences between using turned to and turned into?

Ju

 

[English Freak]

In my opinion, in your examples, turn into is better because it means "to become something different". For example, after years of studying, she turnd into a sophisticated person.

 

[BobK]

:up: 'Turned to' (in this sense*) means 'took on a different form/was transformed'. 'Everything King Midas touched turned to gold. He hugged his daughter and she turned into a golden statue.'

There are other uses of 'turned to' - take, for example, 'Whenever he needed money he turned to his parents for a loan' (Whyever did I think of that? ;-)

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