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Youngbuts Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

so there?

Hellow, everyone.

Could you take a look at the sentence below?

Just as there are careers that require higher education, so there too are careers that do not.

Could I ommit 'so' before there? Even if I did, does it sound natural?

Thank you very much in advance.
  

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I wouldn't ommit it, I believe it would change the sense of the statement.

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I wouldn't ommit it, I believe it would change the sense of the statement.
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I have thoght about 'so' in the sentence above again again after reading your advice. But I can not figure out by myself what role the 'so' does here. It seems to be unlikely to mean 'therefore'. Am I right? What makes 'so' necessary to native speakers? Is it related to 'Just as' in the first clause?
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youngbutsJust as there are careers that require higher education, so there too are there careers that do not.
As shown above. You had 'there' in the wrong position.

You can omit 'too', but not 'so'. 'so' means 'likewise' or 'in the same way' here.

'so too' in this kind of comparison triggers
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I don't think that inversion is obligatory with 'so too'.
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Hmmm. I've said it to myself both ways many times now, and now I think you're right, but I just prefer the inverted form so much that I talked myself into thinking it was obligatory.
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I've just about talked myself into your way!

I think it's optional with 'thereis/are', but non-inversion sounds wrong with any other expressions I've tried.
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I tried these.

Just as Linda is taller than Laura, so too [Bob is? / is Bob?] taller than Joe.
Just as birds migrate south in the winter, so too [the dinosaurs did? / did the dinosaurs?] millions of years ago.
Just as some people prefer subject-verb inversion after 'so too', so too [I do? / do I?].
Just as the moon is a satellite of earth, so too [Deimos is? / is Deimos?] a sa
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CalifJimJust as Linda is taller than Laura, so too [Bob is? / is Bob?] taller than Joe.
Just as birds migrate south in the winter, so too [the dinosaurs did? / did the dinosaurs?] millions of years ago.
Just as some people prefer subject-verb inversion after 'so too', so too [I do? / do I?].
Just as the moon is a satellite of earth, so too [Deimos is? / is Dei
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Aspara GusThe non-inversion ones sound wrong to me.
Maybe the rest of you on this thread should invent some examples just to remove any bias I may have built in with my choices, since I've already stated my preference.
Aspara GusCould it be that the original sentence sounds OK either way because there is not a subject?
Ehhh.
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CalifJimEven lies seem true if you repeat them often enough." (Axiom of politics.)
Brilliant!
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