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I have seen a number of people write incase when they really mean in case.

What’s the difference?

Incase refers to being enclosed within. Like “Incase that penguin in ice”. Also spelt encase.

Where as in case refers to doing something ‘in the event of’ or ‘as a precausion’. eg “you better set the penguin trap, just in case”

• TheFreeDictionary – incase
• TheFreeDictionary – encase
• TheFreeDictionary – in case
• in case – Wiktionary
• incase – Wiktionary
• encase – Wiktionary