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Xiazhichen Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Can I use "if so" to connect two sentences without using "and"?

For example, can I say "these new factories will be far away from the city center, if so,the owners will spend more money on distributing their commodities to the city center."?
  

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It would be understood but it isn't strictly grammatically correct.

One way you can use "if so" is if the first sentence is a possibility:

"these new factories will might be far away from the city center, if so, the owners will spend more money on distributing their commodities to t
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xiazhichenFor example, can I say "these new factories will be far away from the city center, if so,the owners will spend more money on distributing their commodities to the city center."?

if so should start a new sentence.

... far away from the city center. If so, the owners ...

Also, as mentioned above, if you
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“If so” is not even nesseccary. Just cut to the chase... you have the comma after “center” so you can just say..

Will the owners spend more money blah, blah, Blah..

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