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Amir Oghlow Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Examples

Sometimes "so called" is used to indicate the name that is commonly or usually used for something.

Could you please provide me with some examples?
  

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Amir Oghlow Could you please provide me with some examples? Examples can usually be found in online dictionaries. Here are some that I found: They’ve found the flight recorder, the so-called black box.

— CalifJim

  • Amir Oghlow Could you please provide me with some examples?
  • Examples can usually be found in online dictionaries.
  • Here are some that I found: They’ve found the flight recorder, the so-called black box.
  • Married taxpayers are hit hard by the so-called marriage penalty.
  • It isn't clear how dangerous these so-called "super-bugs" are.
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Amir OghlowCould you please provide me with some examples?
Examples can usually be found in online dictionaries. Here are some that I found:

They’ve found the flight recorder, the so-called black box.
Married taxpayers are hit hard by the so-called marriage penalty.
It isn't clear how dangerous these so-called "super-bugs" are.
The so-cal
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Sometimes "So called" is used to describe a word that is not suitable for something or someone.Here are my examples:#1 A nice so-called terrible car.#2 A kind so-called strict teacher.Are they correct?Sometimes "So called" is used to describe a word that is not known by many people.An example:#1 An amazing orange-shaped car.Is it correct?
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Amir Oghlownot suitable for something or someone.
Here are my examples:#1 A nice so-called terrible car.#2 A kind so-called strict teacher.Are they correct?
Not really. You don't put two contradictory adjectives together and then put "so-called" between them. (nice, terrible; kind, strict) so-called is not used that way. You assume the reader al
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Amir OghlowAn amazing orange-shaped car
An amazing orange-shaped car, so-called "tin orange".
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Anonymousan amazing orange-shaped car, a so-called "tin orange"
Ah. Now that's better. This is an example of a phrase that most people would not know.

CJ
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Omg! I forgot to write "So called" in the third sentence.
Anyway, thank you very much!
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What does "tin orange" mean?
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Amir OghlowWhat does "tin orange" mean?
The sentence with "tin orange" was not completely correct grammatically, so I assumed that you hadn't found it in another source, but that you had made it up yourself. What did you think it meant when you made it up? Or didn't you write it yourself?

CJ
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But I wrote "an orange-shaped car"
I didn't write "tin orange'
Does it have the same meaning as "orange-shaped car."?!
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Amir OghlowI didn't write "tin orange'
My mistake. An anonymous contribution got in there and I thought it was you.
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