word choice - 'Investigation of' or 'Investigation into'? - English ...
2014年1月20日 · The replacement of 'investigation of' by 'investigation into' would, I believe, be correct only when 'catalytic phase structure' is an obvious problem similar to an accident, a crime, etc. It seems 'investigation of sth' means a study of sth, and in the case you are smelling a rat (i.e. only suspicion), you want the study to tell you if there ...
When to use investigate, and when investigate into?
2019年8月26日 · I agree with the comments from Weather Vane and Peter Jennings - in most cases "investigate" implies "into", and out of context "investigate into" looks like sloppy shorthand for "carry out an investigation into". More information on the context would have been useful.
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2011年3月26日 · Take a look at these examples (I put "investigate into" into Google search) NATO vows to investigate into allegations over killing (US Source) Israel should lead investigation into attack (UK Source) China to investigate into 'slave labor' incident To me, investigate into and investigate are synonyms. Cheers RoxCyn
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2016年4月12日 · Both of and into are possible. Using "of" leaves more flexibility as to the depth of the investigation - for example if five different types of practice were identified then the investigation could be simply an analysis of how common each was. Using "into" suggests that the investigation will be more thorough.
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2013年3月22日 · an investigation on/about/into... Thread starter Löwenfrau; Start date Mar 22, 2013; Löwenfrau Senior ...
Make/conduct/undertake... an investigation - WordReference …
2013年3月30日 · Hi, native speakers of English! What is the most common verb that collocates with "investigation"? I'm thinking of the following sentence: "The company made/conducted/undertook an investigation into the alleged embezzlement." Thank you in …
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2015年4月13日 · The European Union recently announced a formal investigation into claims that Google has been manipulating search results to give an unfair advantage to its own services. 有声称谷歌操纵搜索结果使它的服务处于不公平的优势，对此最近欧盟宣布正式开始调查。
grammatical number - Is it investigation or investigations?
2022年1月14日 · Normally, investigation (like research) is uncountable, and so I would use the singular. Like many uncountable nouns, it can be used countably, to mean "instances of investigation". So if you for some reason wanted to think of, and express, your work as several separate activities, you could say investigations .
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2017年1月16日 · -The commissions are set up ____"to ask"____ into the incidents. 1- to inquire ( the book ticks it right. ) 2- demand 3- to look 4- no improvement. To look into = to inquire into = to investigate. And the book suggests #1 as the right answer. Help me …
Word for "someone who injects themselves into conversations"
2014年6月13日 · I'm trying to think of a word for someone who injects themselves into conversations. Typically in an uninvited manner. You know the guy that comes over when you're talking to someone else and stands around until he can …