2011年11月1日 · Therefore, the relation between to and unto is not the same relation there is, e.g., between touchable and untouchable. One of the meaning of unto reported from the same dictionary is until, till. The dictionary reports also that unto indicates "regular recurrence within specified units of time, as day unto day."

Unto is obsolete in Present-Day English; in fact, it was already obsolescing in Early Modern English. Today it survives only in texts which try to reproduce the feel and authority of the King James Version of the Bible — which is why you find it employed in translating a religious text like the Bhagavad-Gita.

Onto is English, whereas Unto is American English. The expression that sparked this was "climb unto a pedestal". I suggested that the proper expression was "climb onto a pedestal". While it was a pointless discussion in the context, I still want to know which one is correct in American English.

2022年6月3日 · Other variations include a world unto itself, an island unto itself, a means unto itself, an entity unto itself, a world wholly unto itself, sufficient unto itself*** As I've stated in the introduction, I've been unsuccessful in my bid to discover the one true underlying definition for this elusive idiomatic phrase.

2024年2月15日 · The entry for to is much more ample than that of unto, and although it includes many of the senses of unto, the examples provided with both prepositions show that to can be ambiguous in certain contexts. By 1755, Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language already labels unto as obsolete: U’NTO. prep. [It was the old word for to; now ...

2022年5月19日 · "unto yourself" is the classic prepositional phrase (prep. + NP) that forms a modifier - in this case adjectival: A law unto yourself = a law (a set of general constraints) that is (are) applicable to yourself alone. He lives in a world unto himself: = He lives in a world (a mental environment) that is applicable to himself alone.

2017年7月24日 · The origins of the preposition "unto" come from "until" and technically it does just mean, "to". So, theoretically you could replace "to" with "unto" and get the same meaning by that measure. However, it will sound very unidiomatic, it will sound archaic (if that is your intent then fine), and it might sound pretentious or pedantic.

2024年2月9日 · When trying to understand unto bear in mind that the first syllable un does not have a negative sense as in "unseen" but is simply a variant of on. A function of unto (one of its meanings) is to transfer the attributes of one thing onto another thing, onto the object of the preposition unto. He was a law unto himself. (law => himself)

2015年10月3日 · The 'unto' as opposed to "to" used in Matthew 11:28 as in certain other scriptures appears to reinforce the meaning of a destination. ["Into" "Unto"] Many of the newer translations use the word 'to' which can be construed as being the same but it's usage is more generalized in application.

2019年10月27日 · unto oneself: all by oneself, without the assistance or presence of any other. I understand "unto oneself" is a stock phrase, as is used in "law unto itself" and "land unto itself". What does "unto" mean in this phrase? How does "unto oneself" come to mean self-independent? unto preposition. 1 : TO