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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

so

"Always the innocent are the first victims," he said. "So it has been for ages past, so it is now." "

Do ‘so’s indicate ‘always the innocent are the first victims’?
  

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Y es. You could also say ' Thus it has been . ' Clive

— Clive

  • Y es.
  • You could also say ' Thus it has been .
  • ' Clive
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Yes.

You could also say 'Thus it has been . ..'

Clive
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CliveThus
Which does your ‘thus’ mean?
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in the way just indicated; in this way: Stated thus, the problemseems trivial.
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in such or the following manner; so: Thus it came to pass.
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eipjoo1.in the way just indicated; in this way: Stated thus, the problemseems trivial.
And so does 'so'.
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Mister Micawber1.in the way just indicated; in this way
"Always the innocent are the first victims," he said. "So it has been for ages past, so it is now."

If ‘
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’ then what does ‘it’ mean?

It's a reference to the general situation.

ie The general situation has been this way for ages past. . .

Clive
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