Timeline for So do I ( what word type is "so" functioning as?
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| Jan 12, 2016 at 10:44 | comment | added | rogermue | Latin grammar has a special name for this special kind of adverbs of the type "as + adjective as. If I remember right the term is correlativa. Latin talis - qualis is literally "in such a way - in which way. An example of this old Latin formula would be: In which way a thing is better in such a way it is more expensive. | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 10:17 | comment | added | rogermue | How can "so" be a verb?? Can you say: I so, you so, he soes? By the way, every dictionary would give you the label adverb. But of course, not the structure of the formula. I would have explained it in a different way, but StoneyB's is better. Actually it is excellent. | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 4:13 | answer | added | John Lawler | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 0:52 | comment | added | Dan | It's a little word that certainly punches above its weight! | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 23:55 | comment | added | Mitch | To @FumbleFinger's point, "so do I like cakes" is not grammatical. I don't see any way to permits those five words or add any to make it so. | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 23:28 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 11, 2016 at 23:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | What @Mitch said. Which effectively means "It's a matter of opinion", and I honestly don't see how such a rarefied discussion can usefully help an OP who presents I like cakes. So do I like cakes. as an "example usage". | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 22:59 | comment | added | Mitch | See also english.stackexchange.com/questions/19394/is-so-a-pronoun and english.stackexchange.com/questions/19362/… . 'so' is very complicated, it could be considered a pronoun or an adverb (but usually just an adverb). | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 22:55 | answer | added | Alan Munn | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 22:38 | answer | added | Timwi | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 22:33 | answer | added | StoneyB on hiatus | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 22:20 | answer | added | user8356 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 22:15 | history | asked | Richard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |