"Plugging in X" vs. "plugging X in"

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Does one say

Plugging in that value into the previous equation...

or

Plugging that value in the previous equation...

or something else?

pluggin in into is for sure wrong - if you remove the in in the first sentence I think you will be fine — mplungjan, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:19
Well... I have used "substitute" many times in my text. Therefore I have sometimes decided to plug in "plug in" instead of "substitute" ;-) — Marco, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:19

Matt E. Эллен · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-30 11:12:42Z

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A combination of your two examples would be correct:

Plugging that value into the previous equation..

In this sentence you are dealing with the phrasal verb 'plug in', which has then been split by the noun ('that value').

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answered Apr 11, 2011 at 6:24

Karl

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I did not have any documentation for my suggestion so I made it a comment..
– mplungjan
Apr 11, 2011 at 9:13
@mplungjan: Thank you for your comment as well. I upgraded it!
– Marco
Apr 12, 2011 at 19:20

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Kevin · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-11 14:46:39Z

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Either "Plug in that value" or "plug that value into" are fine depending on the rest of the sentence, but not "Plug in that value into".

answered Apr 11, 2011 at 14:46

Kevin

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