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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

so to replce adjectives

I know that we can replace adjectives for "so" after linking verbs to avoid word repetition.

I am happy but my wife is less so (=happy).

Still I have a niggling doubt as to the correctness of the 2nd sentence.

  1. They are happy. So am I.
  2. They are happy. I am so.


    3. thanks

  

Top answer

2. They are happy. I am too.

— Marius Hancu

  • 2.
  • They are happy.
  • I am too.
  • I don't think so works here.
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2. They are happy. I am too.

I don't think so works here.
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Still I have a niggling doubt as to the correctness of the 2nd sentence.

  1. They are happy. So am I.
  2. They are happy. I am so.


    3. The second sentence is grammatically wrong.
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I think Inchoateknowledge wants to understand why we can say "my wife is less so", but not "I am so" in the example given. The answer is that "so" has a linking function and can be used not only with adjectives: "They went home. So did I".
Some other examples:
We told him to go home. He did so. = He did what we told him to do.
We told him to go home, so he did = therefore he went home
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Hi Lewis

"I think Inchoateknowledge wants to understand why we can say "my wife is less so", but not "I am so" in the example given." Yes

"The answer is that "so" has a linking function(? IMO, replacing function) and can be used not only with adjectives: "They went home. So did I"."

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Yoong LiatStill I have a niggling doubt as to the correctness of the 2nd sentence.

  1. They are happy. So am I.
  2. They are happy. I am so.


    3. The second sentence is grammatically wrong.

    Thanks YL,

    I need to know why.
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Hi, Inchoate. Yes, I accept your correction. The problem does not quite seem to be resolved; maybe someone else wants to contribute.
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Still I have a niggling doubt as to the correctness of the 2nd sentence.

  1. They are happy. So am I.
  2. They are happy. I am so.


    3. The second sentence is grammatically wrong.

    The second sentence "They are happy. I am so" is a sentence I'll never write.

    Marius Hancu's version "They are h
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