[Vocabulary] to and from

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People were completely free as they traveled to and from work.
I couldn't get the meaning of 'to and from' here. Would you please help?
 

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People were completely free as they traveled to and from work.
I couldn't get the meaning of 'to and from' here. Would you please help?

They went to work. They came home from work.
 

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It was your sentence. Barb explained the prepositions.

Yes, it was my sentence. But it was my perception of a thought I remember from this original text:
People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. ("Is technology killing leisure time?" SUMMIT, pp. 116, Joan Saslow and Alen Ascher)
 

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Yes, it was my sentence. But it was my perception of a thought I remember from this original text:
People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. ("Is technology killing leisure time?" SUMMIT, pp. 116, Joan Saslow and Alen Ascher)

There is no mention of "free" in that text. Why did you use that word?
 

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This is the original text:
People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home.

And this is my perception out of it:
People were completely free as they traveled to and from work.

Am I right? If not, would you please tell me what the meaning of 'to and from' is?
 

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While I was writing the post , I found an example which I had used before in this meaning *from and to*.

I've changed the color from blue to white.

Is this correct sentence?
 
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This is the original text:
People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home.

And this is my perception out of it:
People were completely free as they traveled to and from work.

Am I right? If not, would you please tell me what the meaning of 'to and from' is?

It means more like 'relaxed', 'disengaged' or 'switched off' than 'free', but there must be a better word or short phrase for it.

Barb has already explained 'to and from' in post #2.

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Their commute time was not part of their work day.
 

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This is the original text:
People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home.

And this is my perception out of it:
People were completely free as they traveled to and from work.

Am I right? If not, would you please tell me what the meaning of 'to and from' is?

Based on the title of the article ("Is technology killing leisure time?"), the piece is pointing out that, because of modern technology, one is never really free from the demands of the workplace. When one is out of the office, one is reachable by cell phone, e-mails on one's phone, and e-mails on one's home computer. Therefore, work is impinging on our leisure time.
 
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