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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

So-called

Hi,

Schools getting more points in the tables for "hard" subjects, including maths, physics and languages, but fewer points for so-called "soft" subjects such as media studies.

I usually expect to see an article or a determiner before "so-called". Is "the" not needed in front of "so called" in this sentence?

Thanks in advance
  

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No, there's no 'the' required. By the way, the quotation marks around 'soft' already sort of mean 'so-called'. The sentence itself is not complete; what about these schools?

— Ferdis

  • No, there's no 'the' required.
  • By the way, the quotation marks around 'soft' already sort of mean 'so-called'.
  • The sentence itself is not complete; what about these schools?
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No, there's no 'the' required. By the way, the quotation marks around 'soft' already sort of mean 'so-called'. The sentence itself is not complete; what about these schools?
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