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When ending a sentence with "or something like that", is there a way to shorten this quite long phrase? An example:

"It looks like it's made of plastic or something like that"

Can you shorten the final part by saying "or so"? Or can you shorten it to "or something"? Or maybe you have another suggestion how to say it?

Meteorquake · Accepted Answer

"or something" is fine (slightly more colloquial)

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Geoyo · Answer

Thank you! I think I've heard someone using that before, but I wasn't sure. What about "or so", can you say that?

Meteorquake · Answer

'or so' can be used with numbers, and means approximately -

"There were fifteen or so people in the room"

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Geoyo · Answer

That's too bad, I didn't know 'or so' only works with numbers

Meteorquake · Answer

But you can achieve what you want in many simpler ways -

"It looks like plastic" / "It's plastic-like"

"It may be plastic" / "It's plastic maybe"

"It's probably plastic" / "It's plastic probably"

and a hundred other ways

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