{"id":39441,"date":"2020-05-26T12:33:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T12:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=39441"},"modified":"2020-05-26T12:33:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T12:33:42","slug":"english-so-part-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-so-part-0\/","title":{"rendered":"English: so, part 0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about English: the tutor discusses use of the word <em>so<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe word <em>so<\/em> is a conjunction, but can also be an adverb. &#8220;I so often diet&#8221; might be an example.\n<\/p>\n<p>Another use case for <em>so<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>(example 1:) <em>Her advice is so valuable because it comes from years of experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One hears such sentences, yet reads them much less. Perhaps the reason is that <em>so<\/em> is often used as an adverb in talking, but usually as a conjunction in formal writing. Yet, indeed, the usage in example 1 is correct because <em>so<\/em> is being used as an adverb.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n<p>Mish, Frederick C. <em>The Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/em>. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.<\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about English: the tutor discusses use of the word so. The word so is a conjunction, but can also be an adverb. &#8220;I so often diet&#8221; might be an example. Another use case for so: (example 1:) Her advice &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-so-part-0\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">English: so, part 0<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39441"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39449,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39441\/revisions\/39449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}