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Cat navy 425 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Question about sentences

Dear all,

I would like to know the meaning of the usage "So it is with".

1) So it is with life.

2) So it is with this world.


Thank you.

  

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cat navy 425 So it is with life. ~ That's how it is with life. ~ That's the way it is with life.

  • cat navy 425 So it is with life.
  • ~ That's how it is with life.
  • ~ That's the way it is with life.
  • ~ Life is like that.
  • It is a comment on something already said in the conversation (usually something unpleasant about life or the world), sometimes with a sigh expressing dismay that unfortunately nothing can be changed.
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cat navy 425So it is with life.

~ That's how it is with life.
~ That's the way it is with life.
~ Life is like that.

It is a comment on something already said in the conversation (usually something unpleasant about life or the world), sometimes with a sigh expressing dismay that unfortunately nothing can be changed.


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Consider this example.

Death is hard to understand. So it is with life.

This means life is also hard to understand.

The word 'so' here refers back to something mentioned previously in the context.

Clive

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