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Ant_222 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

If only so

Hello all.

Here's a sentence:
"Feeling that the letter had to be finished if only so she wouldn't have to
wrestle with it anymore, she wrote<...>"

Does it mean that she finished the letter only to stop the need to "wrestle with it"? I am not sure I understand what this "if only so" phrase means...

Thanks in advance,
Anton
  

Top answer

Ant_222 Does it mean that she finished the letter only to stop the need to "wrestle with it"? Yes. You got it.

— CalifJim

  • Ant_222 Does it mean that she finished the letter only to stop the need to "wrestle with it"?
  • Yes.
  • You got it.
  • She wrote ...
  • because she felt that the letter had to be finished, even if the only reason for finishing it was not to have to deal with it anymore.
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Ant_222Does it mean that she finished the letter only to stop the need to "wrestle with it"?
Yes. You got it.
She wrote ... because she felt that the letter had to be finished, even if the only reason for finishing it was not to have to deal with it anymore.
CJ
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Thanks for showing how the phrase works, CJ!
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