consider vs consider into

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Hello! Would you please explain to me the difference between consider and consider into? Does into mean just thoroughly?

Here are several examples ( https://ludwig.guru/s/consider+into ):

"Not only am I not going anywhere," Mr. Sharpton said, "but if we win delegates, we will be a factor that they have to consider into the future."

"In one week it's changed from one of nine concepts we're considering into something we're building," Dr. Bragdon said in an interview.

"Based on index pricing method, risk factors were considered into maintenance and operation cost."


 
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I can't open your link so I'll focus on the three examples you give.

1) This is not consider into. The final adverbial PP is into the future.

2) This uses the pattern change from something into something else. The verb considering is part of a relative clause, which itself is part of a longer noun phrase standing in for the first 'something' in that pattern.

3) I don't understand this one. It's ungrammatical and doesn't make sense. Ignore it.

Summary: There's never any reason to connect consider with into. It's just by chance of structure that these two words juxtapose.
 
I can't open your link so I'll focus on the three examples you give.

I've fixed it.

1) This is not consider into. The final adverbial PP is into the future.

I see. But why "into", not "in"?

Here are other examples from the same link that puzzle me:

a) ... data sets is recognized by numerous available techniques working at dissimilar levels.
They are broadly considered into three levels viz. data level, procedure level and cost-sensitive level [7, 14]. ...

b) This report indicates that Ranavirus should be considered into the aquatic organism disease etiologies throughout this geographical region.

c) ... categorizes the land cover into agricultural land and other land covers. Thus, forest, shrub, grassland and built-up areas are considered into other land covers.



Does into in these examples mean just in and relate only to where something is to be considered?
 
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I see. But why "into", not "in"?
The quote is "… we will be a factor that they have to consider into the future." The speaker meant the consideration would begin now and continue as time passes. With in, the sentence would mean that the consideration would have to take place only in the future.

Here are other examples from the same link that puzzle me:

a) ... data sets is recognized by numerous available techniques working at dissimilar levels.
They are broadly considered into three levels viz. data level, procedure level and cost-sensitive level [7, 14]. ...

b) This report indicates that Ranavirus should be considered into the aquatic organism disease etiologies throughout this geographical region.

c) ... categorizes the land cover into agricultural land and other land covers. Thus, forest, shrub, grassland and built-up areas are considered into other land covers.


Does into in these examples mean just in and relate only to where something is to be considered?
All three excerpts are examples of incorrect English. They look like they were written by non-native speakers.
 
Here are other examples from the same link that puzzle me:

They puzzle me, too. I don't know what they mean. They sound plain wrong to me. Not only does considered seem to be the wrong word in all three, but the preposition into is incorrect. I'd be interested to know whether they make sense to any other members.

Were all those examples written by the same writer? If so, I'd put it down to poor English and move on.
 
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Were all those examples written by the same writer? If so, I'd put it down to poor English and move on.

The authors are different. I've checked the sources from which Ludwig took these sentences, and I think it's possible that the writers are non-native English speakers: Temesgen Gashaw, Sachin S. Patil, Leonardo Galli.
 
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