During the Civil War the deadline was the prison’s “do-not-cross” line. If you crossed the deadline, you’d be shot dead right there. Today you can cross almost any deadline and nothing fatal will ever happen to you. I guess you can read this in two ways:
The "you-may-cross" line
The "you-may-cross" line
The "you-may-cross" line
During the Civil War the deadline was the prison’s “do-not-cross” line. If you crossed the deadline, you’d be shot dead right there. Today you can cross almost any deadline and nothing fatal will ever happen to you. I guess you can read this in two ways: