Linguistic grumble: 'report into'

Posted by Anthony Campbell on Sunday, October 19. 2008

I keep hearing that someone is making a 'report into' something or other. This usage seems to be due to a confusion between 'investigation into' and 'report on'. 'Report into' makes no sense.

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