INSEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS (LOOK INTO)â 

Hello, and welcome back, readers! Happy Monday to you. I hope you had a great weekend. 

Our theme for the week is Inseparable Phrasal Verbs. As a reminder, phrasal verbs have two parts: a verb and an adverbial particle. Some phrasal verbs are transitive; this means that they have an object. Here is an example.

Example 1: Can you set up a meeting for Thursday at 11 am?

Sentence 1 can also be written in the following way:

Example 1 (bis): Can you set a meeting up for Thursday at 11 am?

This is because this transitive phrasal verb is also separable. You can put the object in between the verb and the particle and the meaning stays the same. 

Every phrasal verb this week will be transitive. However, unlike our example above, they will all be inseparable. With an inseparable phrasal verb, the object must come after the phrasal verb. It cannot go between the verb and the adverbial particle.  

We are starting with the phrasal verb: LOOK INTO (something).

Definition: To examine something; to investigate. 

Example 1: I looked into the company's finances and it seems that we are paying too much for some of our materials. I think we can find suppliers with better prices. 

Example 2: Reporters looked into the celebrity's life and found that he had a history of drug abuse. 

Are you able to use this phrasal verb in a sentence? If so, write a sentence with LOOK INTO on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Twitter). We look forward to seeing your examples. 

That's all for today. Thank you for reading!