Phrasal verbs · Free lesson
Type it in: enter text with a keyboard
You have a parcel receipt with a tracking code. The website has an empty search box. You need to enter that code before you search.
Professor Scott MendozaMeaning in this lesson
type in
Enter text or other information by using a keyboard.
Example
“Please type in the tracking code.”
Use the keyboard to enter the tracking code.
The short answer
Type in means to enter information using a keyboard. You can type in the code or type the code in. With it, say type it in. Typing the code does not by itself mean you have submitted a search.
Type in describes putting text into the field.
The information is the object: a code, a name or a message. A short noun object can come after in or between type and in. The pronoun it goes between them. To name the destination, you can also say type the code into the box.
Keep the same information; change the object wording
Please type in the tracking code.
Please type the tracking code in.
Please type it in.
The in in type it in belongs to the action expression. It does not go before it in this pattern.
Separate entry from the next action
Identify the information
The tracking code is on the parcel receipt.
Enter it using the keyboard
Please type it in.
Follow this page’s search instruction
Then select Search.
Try it now
Choose the action and the object position.
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What does “Please type in the tracking code” ask you to do?
Enter the code using the keyboard.Type in asks for keyboard entry. Reading aloud or printing on paper is a different action.
Replace the tracking code with it. Keep the phrasal verb type in.
Please type it in.With the pronoun it, the order is type it in. Do not put it after in or before type in this instruction.
The only information you have is “I typed in the tracking code.” What does that tell you?
The code has been entered by typing.It tells you that the code was entered by typing. It does not confirm submission or the parcel’s arrival.
Build it yourself
Ask for the code to be entered again.
The tracking code is already known. Use it and all five pieces. Begin with Please type and finish with again.
Arrange the five pieces into the request. Select a piece again to move it back.
A complete request
0 of 5 piecesYour chosen pieces will appear here.
See a model answer
Please type it in again.
Please type it in again asks for another keyboard entry. It stands between type and in.
A little more clarity
Common questions
A few useful details before you move on.
Can I name the box where the text goes?
Yes. Type the code into the box names the destination. Here into introduces the box; it does not replace the pronoun placement in type it in.
Type the code into the box.
Does type in mean log in?
No. You may type information during login, but type in describes the entry action. Log in describes accessing an account. You can also type into a search box that needs no account.
Type in the tracking code, then select Search.
Take it into your day
Type in the code and type the code in both work. With the pronoun, use type it in.
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