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What exactly is the difference between "introduction to" and "introduction of"? For example: should it be "Introduction to the problem" or "Introduction of the problem"?
Introduction into is non-standard in Britain and (as far as I know) most of the US when used in a figurative sense (i.e. in the sense of making acquaintance with). Of course, one can introduce one physical object into another, or an idea into a conversation or intellectual construct: Jorge introduced the stick of the firework into the neck of the milk bottle. Hegel introduced the notion of a ...
44 Introduction: a preliminary part, as of a book, musical composition, or the like, leading up to the main part. (Dictionary.com)
OK, substitute ‘as well as’. McArthur’s point is similar to that in ‘Linguistics: An Introduction’ by Radford and others: ‘Sociolinguistic research has demonstrated that the speech of most people is, at least in some respects, variable, combining, for example, both standard and non-standard sounds, words or grammatical structures.’