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Old English swa frequently was strengthened by eall , and so also is contained in compounds as , also , such. The -w- was eliminated by contraction from 12c.
As an "introductory particle" [OED] from s. Used to add emphasis or contradict a negative from British slang could mean "homosexual" adj.
So what as an exclamation of indifference dates from So-and-so is from meaning "something unspecified;" first recorded as a euphemistic term of abuse. Abbreviating phrase and so on is attested from So far so good is from In addition to the idioms beginning with so. So it turned out.
It is broken and has long been so.
Shortened from sol , to make it an open syllable for uniformity with the rest of the scale. Weakened form of soe.
Akin to English so. Borrowed from English so.
Unlike other negative verb forms, this form—and sa , which is used for the first-person singular—is not complemented by ddim after the subject. Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary. English Wikipedia has an article on: Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
Lincoln , chapter 1, in Mr. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it. I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food. He ate too much cake, so he fell ill. He wanted a book, so he went to the library. It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. I need a piece of cloth so long. We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case.
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr.
How to use a word that literally drives some people nuts. So all our hard work finally brought results. We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Otherwise, either so or so that is standard. Wenn du den Ball so wirfst, triffst du die Zielscheibe.
He is so good! But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true! Usage Guide Conjunction Although occasionally condemned, use of so to introduce clauses of result sense 1a and purpose sense 1b is standard. Examples of so in a Sentence Adverb I don't think they can score twice in so short a time. There has always been an interest in genetic cloning, but never more so than in recent years.
He looked so handsome in his suit. We are all so excited about the trip.
I'm so happy that you decided to join us for dinner. I feel so much better after taking that nap. Thank you so much for your help. He dislikes her so much that he won't even talk to her. The test was not so very hard after all. Conjunction We were bored with the movie, so we left. I don't want to go, so I won't.
There are no more chairs available, so you'll have to stand. Adjective You are saying things that are just not so. I heard you met the president—is that so? Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb Taylor gave birth in March, so Taurasi is very much in the exploratory parenting stage, getting a kick out of the fact that little Leo can, among other things, poop all over his own neck.
First Known Use of so Adverb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Conjunction before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Pronoun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Learn More about so. Resources for so Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared. Time Traveler for so The first known use of so was before the 12th century See more words from the same century.