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Stenka25 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Fittingly so
I met the below sentence in a website.
? James Merrill influenced him the most, and, fittingly so, his third book, The Invention of the Zero, is dedicated to him.
Not sure what "fittingly so" means, I look up "Webster Learner's Dictionary."
? Fittingly [=appropriately], she won her final tournament.
= It is fitting that she won her final tournament.
What I want to ask is what's "so" doing in the sentence in question.
It seems redundant.
If I am wrong, can you tell me why and what "so" stand for-so usually represent something in context.
Thank you in advance.
? James Merrill influenced him the most, and, fittingly so, his third book, The Invention of the Zero, is dedicated to him.
Not sure what "fittingly so" means, I look up "Webster Learner's Dictionary."
? Fittingly [=appropriately], she won her final tournament.
= It is fitting that she won her final tournament.
What I want to ask is what's "so" doing in the sentence in question.
It seems redundant.
If I am wrong, can you tell me why and what "so" stand for-so usually represent something in context.
Thank you in advance.
Top answer
"so" doesn't seem right in this position in the sentence. "
- "so" doesn't seem right in this position in the sentence.
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"so" doesn't seem right in this position in the sentence. This would be a typical use of "fittingly so":
"His third book, The Invention of the Zero, is dedicated to him -- and fittingly so."
"His third book, The Invention of the Zero, is dedicated to him -- and fittingly so."
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