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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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What does the preposition 'into' mean here?

set off into the dusk
  

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It denotes the direction of the movement.

— Ivanhr

  • It denotes the direction of the movement.
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It denotes the direction of the movement.
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As "dusk" is a time expression, does not have direction, you seems to misread the sentence.
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contrapositionAs "dusk" is a time expression,
But the sun is setting on the horizon, so 'dusk' can be thought of in terms of place.
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contraposition set off into the dusk
leave home late in the day to start your journey in the world outside

"into" means the same as it means everywhere else. It's just that the whole expression is somewhat metaphoric. "into the dusk" is like "into the world at dusk".

CJ
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CalifJimleave home late in the day to start your journey
Yes, that makes sense.
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