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Namsteven Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Garage Sales

- My close friend finally started putting stuff on Alibaba.com a few months ago. Mostly so she had a reason to buy more stuff at Garage Sales and see how good she could do on deals.

- In my opinion "so" is is redundant here, correct? And what does "Garage Sales" mean in this situation? Emotion: smile

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Namsteven
  

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A garage sale (originally held in a garage, now in the front yard) is one in which the seller tries to get rid of his stuff by selling it to the buyer who just can't do without it. " So. It's an awkward construction.

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  • A garage sale (originally held in a garage, now in the front yard) is one in which the seller tries to get rid of his stuff by selling it to the buyer who just can't do without it.
  • " So.
  • It's an awkward construction.
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A garage sale (originally held in a garage, now in the front yard) is one in which the seller tries to get rid of his stuff by selling it to the buyer who just can't do without it. "One person's junk is another person's treasure."

So. It's an awkward construction. "...mostly so she could buy..."
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So is not redundant. It means in order to (have).

The Linguist
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namstevenIn my opinion "so" is is redundant here
No, it's not. Note that the second "sentence" is actually a sentence fragment which goes with the preceding sentence.

She started putting stuff up for sale mostly so (that) she would have a reason to buy more stuff.

She wanted to sell her own unwanted items so(that) sh
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