Metro-syntactical: "runs through"

[Dan Goncharoff]

What day is being skipped? I think they mistakenly used the word
"through" to mean "on".
DanG

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>  From MetroBoston, inescapable on the T and in doctors' waiting
> rooms, today, Nov. 23:
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> "runs through" = "sometimes skips a day":  "MBTA service to and from
> Logan Airport on the Silver, Red, Orange, Blue, and Green lines will
> operate with additional service during peak travel periods for the
> holidays. The extra service will run through Wednesday and Friday and
> will continue through Tuesday and Wednesday."
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> Joel
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