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
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helpful thanks!
Was looking for it, thanks
seriously get this garbage off the internet. incase is not a word. The word you are thinking of is encase. Learn english dude….for real.
‘incase’ is a valid alternate spelling of ‘encase’.
From The Macquarie Concise Dictionary, Third Edition page 364, encase to enclose in. Also, incase.
Note: I am Australian, we speak English.