I so don't care / I don't so care?

This use of so is a recent development in English. It used to be reserved for the modification of an adjective (she is so smart, so beautiful) or an adverb (he walked so slowly). Now it is generally accepted in a casual situation to modify verbs and phrases. I wouldn't use it in formal writing. [ I don't so care is not natural, even given the current usage. ]

PhilipThis use of so is a recent development in English. It used to be reserved for the modification of an adjective (she is so smart, so beautiful) or an adverb (he walked so slowly). Now it is generally accepted in a casual situation to modify verbs and phrases. I wouldn't use it in formal writing. [ I don't so care is not natural, even given the current usage. ]

jeffery216Umm....Should I say because don't care is one action, so we can't split them up? Will any example in "She so, He so or I so"?

I find it difficult to discuss the grammatical explanation for something that I don't consider to be grammatical in the first place. Sorry.

Philip jeffery216Umm....Should I say because don't care is one action, so we can't split them up? Will any example in "She so, He so or I so"?I find it difficult to discuss the grammatical explanation for something that I don't consider to be grammatical in the first place. Sorry.

Don't said that...I think it's my problem because I'm not a native speaker...Som

jeffery216Umm....Should I say because don't care is one action, so we can't split them up? Will any example in "She so, He so or I so"?

Don't worry about all that. "so" is being used in these expressions to intensify the negation. It's used almost exclusively with negations, chiefly to do with judgments expressed in the present tense.

I so don

CalifJimDon't worry about all that. "so" is being used in these expressions to intensify the negation. It's used almost exclusively with negations, chiefly to do with judgments expressed in the present tense.I so don't like that shirt on you.Your answer is so not correct.They have so not followed the rules.I so don't recommend that you use this structure even though it's

So has always been the adverb corresponding to the adjective such. In that capacity it used to mean thus, or for such reason. Its additional meaning as a positive intensifier (e.g. "I so liked his work") has pretty much died out, and its colloquial meaning as a negative intensifier is the modern development that has occurred in the last 30-40 years.