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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

So in case

"So in case you were expecting this to be the moment Trump broke from his pro-Russia fever, guess again."

(The Guardian.)

Is "So in case" a subordinator (conjunction) or are "So" and "in case" two independent subordinators (following one another) introducing a subordinate clause in the sentence above?

  

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Here's how I see this. Is "So in case" a subordinator (conjunction) No or are "So" and "in case" two independent subordinators Yes The in case subordinate clause is parenthetical. I parse the sentence this way.

— Clive

  • Here's how I see this.
  • Is "So in case" a subordinator (conjunction) No or are "So" and "in case" two independent subordinators Yes The in case subordinate clause is parenthetical.
  • I parse the sentence this way.
  • " So (in case you were expecting this to be the moment Trump broke from his pro-Russia fever ), guess again.
  • " For standard English, the subordinate clause 'So guess again' needs to be attached to a main clause.
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Here's how I see this.

Is "So in case" a subordinator (conjunction) No

or are "So" and "in case" two independent subordinators Yes

The in case subordinate clause is parenthetical.


I parse the sentence this way.

"So (in case you were expecting this to be the moment Trump broke from his pro-Russia fever), guess aga

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tkacka15Is "So in case" a subordinator (conjunction) or ...

'so' is a coordinating conjunction.

So ... guess again.

It connects the previous sentence to this one.

(Usually it goes in the same sentence: .........., so ........., but you'll see the clauses separated: ........ So .......)

tkack
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