Monday, 6 April 2015

grammar - What is the difference between 〜となる and 〜になる?



Is it a nuance difference? Is it formality?


EDIT


For example:



請求書のお支払いは現金のみとなりますので、ご了承くださいませ。


請求書のお支払いは現金のみになりますので、ご了承くださいませ。



I just made that example up, but for some reason, my gut tells me it's the first one, even though I don't see anything grammatically wrong with the second, either. Is it formality level only?



Answer



Pretty finely nuanced, I'd say. と is a quotative particle, but is also used to described the manner in which something is done, often figurative. ~となる can be used to mean "become like a ~" while ~になる is literally "become a ~".



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