'Do So' And 'Do That'
I promised to get the ticket, and I will do so soon.
? do so = get the ticket
"I rode a camel in Morocco." "I'd love to do that." (NOT ...to do so.)
? do that = ride a camel ( in Morocco )
Michael Swan, the author of Practical English Usage, says so. But, I fail to see why I must not say "I'd love to do so". Both the former and the latter refer to the same action, with the same subject, that was mentioned before.
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anonymous Michael Swan, the author of Practical English Usage, says so. Doesn't he give any explanation? Is the reader supposed to guess how those contexts are sufficiently different to say that do so is OK in one and not in the other?
- anonymous Michael Swan, the author of Practical English Usage, says so.
- Doesn't he give any explanation?
- Is the reader supposed to guess how those contexts are sufficiently different to say that do so is OK in one and not in the other?
- CJ
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anonymousMichael Swan, the author of Practical English Usage, says so.
Doesn't he give any explanation? Is the reader supposed to guess how those contexts are sufficiently different to say that do so is OK in one and not in the other?
CJ
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