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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Rightfully so
Hi,
“He yelled angrily. Rightfully so.”
Does this “rightfully so” mean:
1. It was a right thing for him to yell angrily. Or,
2. The way he yelled was acceptable considering the reason though it could be unacceptable if he did more angrily.
Thanks.
“He yelled angrily. Rightfully so.”
Does this “rightfully so” mean:
1. It was a right thing for him to yell angrily. Or,
2. The way he yelled was acceptable considering the reason though it could be unacceptable if he did more angrily.
Thanks.
Top answer
Number one. It doesn't mean "so angrily". It means that it was right for him to yell so.
- Number one.
- It doesn't mean "so angrily".
- It means that it was right for him to yell so.
- We don't use a bare "so" very much in that sense these days, to mean "in that manner".
- "Rightfully so" and its cousins are fossils.
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Number one. It doesn't mean "so angrily". It means that it was right for him to yell so. We don't use a bare "so" very much in that sense these days, to mean "in that manner". "Rightfully so" and its cousins are fossils.
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