What is the meaning of into in the following sentence:
"Residents of southern Japan and South Korea are being put on alert for strengthening Typhoon Soulik to pose serious threats to lives and property Tuesday into Thursday."
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The time period being discussed started Tuesday and lasted through part of Thursday.– RobustoCommented Aug 19, 2018 at 2:35
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Does that mean that the threat might start within this period of time and that it might go on for longer, even after Thursday?– piltiCommented Aug 19, 2018 at 3:12
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@piti: It could, but the sentence makes no prediction beyond Thursday.– RobustoCommented Aug 19, 2018 at 11:42
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into OED
- Introducing a period of time to the midst of which anything advances or continues.
As in:
... to lives and property Tuesday into Thursday." (your question)
and another:
The drizzling rain continued far into the following night.
