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The first sentence implies that the neighbour enjoys playing in the evening, and, probably, he has the habit of doing so every evening whereas the second sentence suggests that the neighbour intends or wants to play in the evening.
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What is the grammatical form and function of "so" in "has the habit of doing so..."?????
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Dictionaries vary as to whether that "so" is an adverb (modifier of "do") or pronoun (object of "do"). ", and may "feel" more like an adverb.
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Dictionaries vary as to whether that "so" is an adverb (modifier of "do") or pronoun (object of "do"). An argument for pronoun is that "do" should not be intransitive; on the other hand, "so" may not intuitively seem to be an answer to "Doing what?", and may "feel" more like an adverb.
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