go into bankruptcy

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:50 am

Which is better?

1. In the worst case, the company may go into bankruptcy.

2. In the worst case, the company may go bankrupt.

Thank you.

tommy_google · Post by **tommy_google** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:29 pm

hi..guy..one question, is there any difference between the two sentence?

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:23 pm

Hi...guy. That's what I'm asking the native speakers of English.

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:56 pm

'Go into bankruptcy' is possible, but why add the 'into' (which then involves a change from 'bankrupt' to 'bankruptcy'?); that is, I suspect that 'go bankrupt' is by far the more common phrase. As for 'bankruptcy', look for its collocations e.g. file for bankruptcy.

Sorry I've not been around much lately, Itasan, but I've got a new job starting and need to focus on that!

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:14 pm

Thank you very much, fluffy.
See you any time when you have the time.
Itasan

tigertiger · Post by **tigertiger** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:57 pm

Itasan wrote:Which is better?

1. In the worst case, the company may go into bankruptcy.

2. In the worst case, the company may go bankrupt.

Thank you.

I have heard of companies going bankrupt and I have heard of companies going into liquidation.

If I heard the term going into bankrupty I would understand what was meant, but it sounds awkward and may be a muddling of terms.

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:13 am

Thank you very much, tigertiger.

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