to, for, in ?

WOW Jang what a challenge

"in" implies groups of one sort or another already exist but that each one suffers internal disjuncture which you'd found difficult to address; confusing

"to" or better yet "into" would better express the idea that each of these groups might already well integrated but that you've found it difficult to reconcile them with the existing sociological structure

"for" suggests an activity separate from the society itself, finding it difficult responding to its need to incorporate subcultures


Very complex; doubtless controversial, splitting hairs indefinitely

Now, "into" v "within": The former might apply in the case where groups enter from the outside and the latter where they're already present but not yet well established

Forgetting the pejorative sense of this idiom, Dale, are you now beginning to see just how complex language is? And this has nothing to do with SWE/SFE versus NSE/colloquial [nonstandard English] versus AAVE or any other dialect of English. Each has its own complexities, deep deep complexities.

You can't explain this, yet you, and even little children, deploy these complexities found within language with no conscious thought.

splitting hairs indefinitely

Come on JTT, do you suppose I hadn't realized it until responding to Jang's OP just now

Nothing whatever

I daresay

Sorry JTT but this what

Well thank you JTT but you confer unwarranted credit. I had to think about each one