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   > > With his hands still in his coat pockets he stalked by me into the hall,   
   > > turned sharply as if he were on a wire, and disappeared into the living-   
   > > room. It wasn't a bit funny. Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I   
   > > pulled the door to against the increasing rain.   
   > > ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
   > What a strange sentence Fitzgerald is using!  At first, I thought this was a   
   > printing error.  But lo and behold, it is exactly the same in physical print.   
   > The sentence would sound better to me without the "to" in front of "against"   
   > and still render the meaning well enough.   
      
   In this part of the US, the word "to" in a context such as this would mean   
   the same as "closed" or "shut."  If I were to say I was closing the door   
   "against" the rain, I would personally be indicating that it was a   
   wind-driven rain.   
      
   That would, for me, be a similar usage to Bob Segar's usage of "against" in   
   the song "Against the Wind."  :)   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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