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'Can you see to this matter?' vs 'Can you see into this matter?'



 
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'Can you see to this matter?' vs 'Can you see into this matter?' Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:50 am  'Can you see to this matter?' vs 'Can you see into this matter?'
 

Dear teachers,

Do you say " Can you see to this matter?" or "Can you see into this matter?"

Many thanks
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'Can you see to this matter?' vs 'Can you see into this matter?' Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:42 am  'Can you see to this matter?' vs 'Can you see into this matter?'
 

Both sentences are correct, although they differ in meaning:

To see to something is to busy yourself about it, to deal with it.

To see into something is to examine or find out about it. The phrasal verb 'look into' is more regularly used in this sense.
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