What does “look out into” mean here?
It was a poky, little, shabby-genteel place, where four lines of dingy two-storied brick houses looked out into a small railed-in enclosure, where a lawn of weedy grass and a few clumps of faded laurel-bushes made a hard fight against a smoke-laden and uncongenial atmosphere.
The Red-headed League, short story
Hi. Is “look out into” equivalent to “look out onto”, as in defined as “face on” in this link?
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/look+out+onto
Thank you.
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It is, indeed, the same idea as 'look out onto'. The reason 'into' was chosen is that the view is an enclosure, so what can be seen is not an area of countryside, but a restricted space. Imagine you were looking out from a small box which is placed inside a larger box.
- It is, indeed, the same idea as 'look out onto'.
- The reason 'into' was chosen is that the view is an enclosure, so what can be seen is not an area of countryside, but a restricted space.
- Imagine you were looking out from a small box which is placed inside a larger box.
- You would be looking out INTO the larger box.
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It is, indeed, the same idea as 'look out onto'. The reason 'into' was chosen is that the view is an enclosure, so what can be seen is not an area of countryside, but a restricted space. Imagine you were looking out from a small box which is placed inside a larger box. You would be looking out INTO the larger box.
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