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Armeee Posted 14 years ago
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Go Into
Newspaper:
"After state police took over the lab in July as part of a state budget directive, they said they discovered her alleged violations were much more extensive than previously believed and went beyond sloppiness into malfeasance and deliberate mishandling of drug samples."
If I understand it correctly, the part "went beyond sloppiness into malfeasance" expands into:
"went beyond sloppiness and went into malfeasance"
What is "went into" in the expanded version? Could "went to" instead of "went into" be better?
"After state police took over the lab in July as part of a state budget directive, they said they discovered her alleged violations were much more extensive than previously believed and went beyond sloppiness into malfeasance and deliberate mishandling of drug samples."
If I understand it correctly, the part "went beyond sloppiness into malfeasance" expands into:
"went beyond sloppiness and went into malfeasance"
What is "went into" in the expanded version? Could "went to" instead of "went into" be better?
Top answer
"Went to" would be wrong. There is a metaphorical "area" inherent in this type of expression. There is a realm of sloppiness, and when you go beyond its borders, you enter the land of malfeasance.
- "Went to" would be wrong.
- There is a metaphorical "area" inherent in this type of expression.
- There is a realm of sloppiness, and when you go beyond its borders, you enter the land of malfeasance.
- You go into it, not to it, because you are there already.
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"Went to" would be wrong. There is a metaphorical "area" inherent in this type of expression. There is a realm of sloppiness, and when you go beyond its borders, you enter the land of malfeasance. You go into it, not to it, because you are there already.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/living/retirement-community-living/index.html
"At 92, her arthritis had gotten so bad that she could no longer take care of herself, a fact that caused her great distress and went beyond frustration
"At 92, her arthritis had gotten so bad that she could no longer take care of herself, a fact that caused her great distress and went beyond frustration
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Armeeehttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/living/retirement-community-living/index.html "At 92, her arthritis had gotten so bad that she could no longer take care of herself, a fact that caused her great distress and went beyond frustration to a kind of self-
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