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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
unto (prep.)
 
 
means to but is archaic in most uses today, carrying with it the scriptural flavor of Render unto Caesar…, and …unto the third and fourth generations…, except in uses such as references to self: She has become a law unto herself, where it is Standard.  1
 
 
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