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went through emails vs look through emails

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They have slightly different meanings: 'went through emails' implies completing the action of going through all the emails. Meanwhile, 'look through emails' suggests a more casual or ongoing action of browsing the emails.

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went through emails

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone has completed the action of going through all the emails in a thorough manner.

Examples:

I went through all my emails before starting work.
She went through her emails to find the important information.

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Mar 10, 2015 ... Interesting....now it was not an aide who went through emails....but counsel. Of course attorney client privilege comes into play with counsel.
Dec 31, 2014 ... I landed around noon, caught a cab home from the airport, went through emails while eating lunch, and then I had to shower and get ready to ...
I went through emails and then off to the 'Embedding the Library into D2L' presentation and then home. In the evening I Skyped in to a library school classroom ...
Aug 28, 2014 ... Attorney John Sedor, who was hired by the district for the investigation, went through emails and old postings on social media sites to uncover ...

Alternatives:

sorted through emails
checked emails
reviewed emails
scanned through emails
read through emails

look through emails

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the action of casually browsing or skimming through emails without necessarily completing a thorough review.

Examples:

I like to look through my emails in the morning to see if there's anything urgent.
She spent some time looking through her emails but didn't find anything important.

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Look through emails. In Inbox, go to the main menu Main menu in the top left and choose a section to browse through messages. All of your emails that haven't ...
Look through emails. In Inbox, go to the main menu Main menu at the top left and choose a category of messages to browse through. All of your emails that ...
For the GT ECC migration, we'll need to identify emails that are larger than 25 MB , as these emails will not migrate. Look through emails identified as 25 MB or ...
Nov 12, 2014 ... I dread trying to look through emails for a specific conversation. Again I think Inbox is trying to fix that, but for the moment it is harder. They really ...

Alternatives:

browse through emails
scan through emails
check emails
glance through emails
peruse emails

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