Tunnel into/through
“Locals chiseled the Guoliang Tunnel into — and through —the side of a mountain.”
From https://www.thisisinsider.com/guoliang-tunnel-built-into-mountain-2015-12
What is the difference between “into” and “through” here?
Top answer
The writer was a bit careless. You can chisel something into the side of a mountain, like the faces on Mt. Rushmore, but you can't chisel "through" the side of a mountain.
- The writer was a bit careless.
- You can chisel something into the side of a mountain, like the faces on Mt.
- Rushmore, but you can't chisel "through" the side of a mountain.
- You chisel through the mountain, not its side.
- "Through" means penetration, and "into" does not.
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The writer was a bit careless. You can chisel something into the side of a mountain, like the faces on Mt. Rushmore, but you can't chisel "through" the side of a mountain. You chisel through the mountain, not its side. "Through" means penetration, and "into" does not. I watched the video (pretty cool), and I can see what he was going for. The road snakes along a mountainside, and short tunnels
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