get involved in or into?

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Will17

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

Thank you for your help.
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Hello!

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

Thank you for your help.
Will
"in"
 

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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 [STRIKE]involved into[/STRIKE].

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PS I'm ashamed to say :oops: 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.
 
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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 [STRIKE]involved into[/STRIKE].

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