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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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The fiscal 2008 draft budget includes ¥2.2 billion to push research on the so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.

Can I replace 'the so-called' with 'what is called'?

Is it true that 'so-called' is usually used when the name tends to have a bad meaning?

Thanks
LiJ
  

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2 billion to push research on the so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Can I replace 'the so-called' with 'what is called'? Is it true that 'so-called' is usually used when the name tends to have a bad meaning?

— Yoong Liat

  • 2 billion to push research on the so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
  • Can I replace 'the so-called' with 'what is called'?
  • Is it true that 'so-called' is usually used when the name tends to have a bad meaning?
  • dict=CALD&key=75376&ph=on adjective [before noun] 1.
  • used to show that you think a word that is used to describe someone or something is not suitable or not correct: It was one of his so-called friends who supplied him with the drugs that killed him.
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LiveinjapanThe fiscal 2008 draft budget includes ¥2.2 billion to push research on the so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.

Can I replace 'the so-called' with 'what is called'?

Is it true that 'so-called' is usually used when the name tends to have a bad meaning?

Thanks
LiJso-called
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Thanks, YL. I understand.
Yoong Liat'what is called' cannot be used because it cannot fit into the sentence.
Do you mean 'grammarically wrong' or 'not natural'?

Thanks
LiJ
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LiveinjapanThanks, YL. I understand.
Yoong Liat'what is called' cannot be used because it cannot fit into the sentence.
Do you mean 'grammarically (typo, I believe) wrong' or 'not natural'?

Thanks
LiJ

It means 'grammatically wrong'.

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Yoong LiatDo you mean 'grammarically (typo, I believe) Oops! Emotion: smile
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Liveinjapan
Yoong LiatDo you mean 'grammarically (typo, I believe) Oops!
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Yoong Liat needs no amendment. Yes, I know
Many thanks, YL. I just want to know the difference in structure. I see the structures are the same.

LiJ
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Liveinjapan
Yoong Liat needs no amendment. Yes, I know
Many thanks, YL. I just want to know the difference in structure. I see the structures are the same.

LiJ

Hi LiJ

Sometimes phrases and clauses look the same, but they cannot replace other phrases/clauses.

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Yoong LiatHe went to school. He went to the school.
Yes, they are different but grammatically correct.

to push research on the so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

to push research on what is called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

Although the second sentence is a bit ambiguous, since 'what' means 'the
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Yoong LiatThe fiscal 2008 draft budget includes ¥2.2 billion to push research on what is called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. (I think this is also grammatically wrong.)
Hi Yoong Liat,

Here is a similar sentence:

The difference between lymphocytic and myelogenous is the stage of development on what is
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Liveinjapan
Yoong LiatHe went to school. He went to the school.
Yes, they are different but grammatically correct.

to push research on the so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

to push research on what is called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

Although the second sentence is
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