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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

so


What does 'so' mean in this context?
  

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" Therefore , his popularity dropped. That's what I've heard since I escaped.

— Teechr

  • " Therefore , his popularity dropped.
  • That's what I've heard since I escaped.
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It means "therefore."
Therefore, his popularity dropped. That's what I've heard since I escaped.
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contrapositionWhat does 'so' mean in this context?
It's a pronoun in this usage, referring to the whole general idea just mentioned previously.

'so' at the beginning of the clause = 'that' at the end of the clause
So I've heard = I've heard that.

Another paraphrase is so = that's what. So I've heard = That's what I've heard.
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teechrIt means "therefore."
I know it frequently does mean "therefore", and there just might be a way of interpreting it that way here, but I'm not completely convinced. As my post shows, I favor a different interpretation.
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CalifJim's explanation is right; mine is wrong. I somehow saw that second comma after "so", not before it! Emotion: sad
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teechrsecond comma after "so"
Ah. OK. Now I get it. I think I must have seen it that way, too, at some point, because at first your explanation seemed plausible.
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