get involved in or into?

[Will17]

Hello!

Which is the right preposition to use after "to get involved", in or into?

Thank you for your help.
Will

[bhaisahab]

Hello!

Which is the right preposition to use after "to get involved", in or into?

Thank you for your help.
Will

"in"

[Mary Bright]

"in"

Am I mistaken thinking there's a tendency in English to use 'in' instead of 'into' when either of them is possible?

[BobK]

Am I mistaken thinking there's a tendency in English to use 'in' instead of 'into' when either of them is possible?

Maybe there is; I haven't given it enough thought to venture an opinion. But in this case it would not apply, even if true, as 'getting involved into'' is not possible.

There has been a tendency for the last fifty years (in BE; maybe more in AmE) to describe someone who is involved in something as 'into it' - they just ARE into it. Even this very idiomatic and informal usage doesn't include getting involved into.

b

PS I'm ashamed to say that the first instance that springs to mind is from a song about Pina Coladas: 'I'm not much into health food'; this dates me rather.

[Mary Bright]

[QUOTE=BobK;736885]Maybe there is; I haven't given it enough thought to venture an opinion. But in this case it would not apply, even if true, as 'getting involved into'' is not possible.

There has been a tendency for the last fifty years (in BE; maybe more in AmE) to describe someone who is involved in something as 'into it' - they just ARE into it. Even this very idiomatic and informal usage doesn't include getting involved into.

You are perfectly right -- and I was accidentally wrong. Have mixed something up with the verb --