Biden entered office nine months into a recovery from the COVID-19 recession

[milan2003_07]

Hello everyone,

I'm reading an article about the current American president Joe Biden in Wikipedia and have come across the following sentence:

"Biden entered office nine months into a recovery from the COVID-19 recession and his first year in office was characterized by robust growth in real GDP, employment, wages and stock market returns, amid significantly elevated inflation."

I can't fully understand the construction in bold. Does it mean that Biden assumed the office when the COVID epidemics had been raging for nine months?

 

[5jj]

No. The recovery from the COVID recession began nine months before Biden entered office.

 

[milan2003_07]

Now I know the correct answer to my question due to 5jj's reply, but I still don't understand how to use the construction with "... into ...." as in the original sentence.

Could you please provide some more examples?

 

[teechar]

Take a look at entry #5 in the link below:

Definition of INTO

—used as a function word to indicate entry, introduction, insertion, superposition, or inclusion; in the direction of; to a position of contact with : against… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

You'll also come across "well into" (e.g. "well into the night", "well into her forties", etc) in such contexts.

 

[milan2003_07]

Take a look at entry #5 in the link below:

Definition of INTO

—used as a function word to indicate entry, introduction, insertion, superposition, or inclusion; in the direction of; to a position of contact with : against… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

You'll also come across "well into" (e.g. "well into the night", "well into her forties", etc) in such contexts.

Thanks for the link!

Can I paraphrase the original sentence as "Biden entered office nine months after a recovery from the COVID-19 recession ... "?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. "A recovery" isn't correct.

 

[teechar]

Thanks for the link!

You're welcome.

Can I paraphrase the original sentence as "Biden entered office nine months after the recovery from the COVID-19 recession had started ...

See above.
I agree with emsr2d2 that in the above sentence, "the" (not "a") is needed, because we are talking about a particular recovery.
However, "a recovery" is possible in other sentences. You'll see plenty of examples in the link below.

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[milan2003_07]

You're welcome.

See above.
I agree with emsr2d2 that in the above sentence, "the" (not "a") is needed, because we are talking about a particular recovery.
However, "a recovery" is possible in other sentences. You'll see plenty of examples in the link below.

Improve Your Writing skills

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fraze.it

A very good and helpful link indeed! Thanks a lot for providing it to me and other thread visitors! I didn't know that such a convenient service existed!