Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
so
When reading a chapter about 'so' as pro-form,
I've noticed this grammar point ;
i.e. So as pro-form for the subject complement can be initial
Based on that grammar rule, I've applied it to some examples below. Would you check them out?
1. If he is a criminal, it is his friends who have made him so.
?If he is a criminal, so it is his friends who have made him.( )
?If he is a criminal, it is his friends so who have made him.( )
2. The plants are healthy enough now, but I wonder how long they
will remain so.
? The plants are healthy enough now, but so I wonder how
long they will remain. ( )
? The plants are healthy enough now, but I wonder so how
long they will remain. ( )
? The plants are healthy enough now, but I wonder how
long so they will remain. ( )
I've noticed this grammar point ;
i.e. So as pro-form for the subject complement can be initial
Based on that grammar rule, I've applied it to some examples below. Would you check them out?
1. If he is a criminal, it is his friends who have made him so.
?If he is a criminal, so it is his friends who have made him.( )
?If he is a criminal, it is his friends so who have made him.( )
2. The plants are healthy enough now, but I wonder how long they
will remain so.
? The plants are healthy enough now, but so I wonder how
long they will remain. ( )
? The plants are healthy enough now, but I wonder so how
long they will remain. ( )
? The plants are healthy enough now, but I wonder how
long so they will remain. ( )
Top answer
None of your sentences seem possible to me in normal English structure. Does you chapter not have an example?
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None of your sentences seem possible to me in normal English structure. Does you chapter not have an example?
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Thank you for the answer,
The example given for the rule that I quoted is only one ;
e.g. We hoped that the event would be a success, and so it turned out.
In that case, it seems easy to see how the rule applies to the sentence for the simpleness of it.
But then, it is the complex sentence that captured me about its possibility of being applied to the
The example given for the rule that I quoted is only one ;
e.g. We hoped that the event would be a success, and so it turned out.
In that case, it seems easy to see how the rule applies to the sentence for the simpleness of it.
But then, it is the complex sentence that captured me about its possibility of being applied to the
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cho7712 So as pro-form for the subject complement can be initialThis is probably a reference to this kind of pattern.
Donna is very shy, but/and so is her mother.
Fred has a black belt in karate, and so does his brother.
Olga is a seamstress. So is her cousin.
I don't think you can make examples that get much mo
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Thank you for the answer,
I've been misled by the concept of 'initial'.
It was all given as the rule says at the very first time.
I'd better carefully think before posting a question.
Thanks for reminding me of the rule itself and the examples.
I've been misled by the concept of 'initial'.
It was all given as the rule says at the very first time.
I'd better carefully think before posting a question.
Thanks for reminding me of the rule itself and the examples.
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