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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Certainly so
My grammar textbook says 'certainly so' is the impossible combination. And there is no further explanation about that.
e.g. Has Tony told her in one of their weekly meetings that he's
being pressured by Gordon to quit? Certainly so.
But I really am wondering that the above sentence should be incorrect. How do you see that? Is my textbook wrong with the grammar point?
e.g. Has Tony told her in one of their weekly meetings that he's
being pressured by Gordon to quit? Certainly so.
But I really am wondering that the above sentence should be incorrect. How do you see that? Is my textbook wrong with the grammar point?
Top answer
I'm beginning to mistrust your textbook mightily. It seems to select for particular emphasis very strange grammar points. While 'Certainly so' is not a phrase that many of us say, there is certainly nothing wrong with it grammatically or semantically.
- I'm beginning to mistrust your textbook mightily.
- It seems to select for particular emphasis very strange grammar points.
- While 'Certainly so' is not a phrase that many of us say, there is certainly nothing wrong with it grammatically or semantically.
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I'm beginning to mistrust your textbook mightily. It seems to select for particular emphasis very strange grammar points. While 'Certainly so' is not a phrase that many of us say, there is certainly nothing wrong with it grammatically or semantically.
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Thank you for the answer,
Well, the book I refer to is actually somewhat old-fashioned, that is to say it was published quite a while ago. But I think it still is good enough except for the fact that odd bits of information appear rarely, maybe more often than other grammar books do. And that is the reason why the native speaker's answer is so important to me. Thanks again for the grammar poin
Well, the book I refer to is actually somewhat old-fashioned, that is to say it was published quite a while ago. But I think it still is good enough except for the fact that odd bits of information appear rarely, maybe more often than other grammar books do. And that is the reason why the native speaker's answer is so important to me. Thanks again for the grammar poin
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