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As do I

I sometimes hear people say "As do I," apparently to mean the same as "So do I," which I think is a more frequent expression. Does the former have some overtones the latter doesn't? Are these two interchangeable?
Thanks in advance!
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[nq:1]I sometimes hear people say "As do I," apparently to mean the same as "So do I," which I think is a more frequent expression. Does the former have some overtones the latter doesn't? [/nq] I think they are interchangeable, but "as do I" sounds old-fashioned and more formal to me.

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  • [nq:1]I sometimes hear people say "As do I," apparently to mean the same as "So do I," which I think is a more frequent expression.
  • Does the former have some overtones the latter doesn't?
  • [/nq] I think they are interchangeable, but "as do I" sounds old-fashioned and more formal to me.
  • wrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England
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[nq:1]I sometimes hear people say "As do I," apparently to mean the same as "So do I," which I think is a more frequent expression. Does the former have some overtones the latter doesn't? Are these two interchangeable?[/nq]
I think they are interchangeable, but "as do I" sounds old-fashioned and more formal to me.

wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
Engla
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[nq:2]I sometimes hear people say "As do I," apparently to ... have some overtones the latter doesn't? Are these two interchangeable?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think they are interchangeable, but "as do I" sounds old-fashioned and more formal to me.[/nq]
They are not grammatically interchangeable, because "so" is a coordinating conjunction and "as" is a subordinating conjunction. You can write "Robin i
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Robert is dead-on in his assessment of the two statements from a purely grammatical standpoint; however, the fact is that the two are used to mean the same thing. Does that make one more right than the other? That depends on who you ask. Robert, apparently a grammatical purist, would say that there are fundamental differences that separate their uses, and he is correct. Odds are that no one
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