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Tkacka15 Posted 11 years ago
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So much so

The path was overgrown with grass, so much so that I could easily have missed it altogether. (The Free Dictionary.)

Is the phrase "so much" both a modifier and intensifier in the adverb phrase so much so in the above sentence?

Do I understand correctly that the head of the adverb phrase so much so is anaphorically referring back to the past participle (adjective?) overgrown in the above sentence?

Is there any difference in meaning between the 'first' so and the 'second' one in so much so?
  

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"So much so" in the example you mentioned is used for emphasis. The sentence can also be reformulated the following way: The path was so overgrown with grass that I could easily have missed it altogether . Pretty much the same thing.

— Xerxes

  • "So much so" in the example you mentioned is used for emphasis.
  • The sentence can also be reformulated the following way: The path was so overgrown with grass that I could easily have missed it altogether .
  • Pretty much the same thing.
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"So much so" in the example you mentioned is used for emphasis.

The sentence can also be reformulated the following way:
The path was so overgrown with grass that I could easily have missed it altogether.

Pretty much the same thing.
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Xerxes"So much so" in the example you mentioned is used for emphasis.
Right, used for emphasis, but only after the first comment has been made.
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