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Afewminuteslate Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What does "so" mean in this sentence?
As to this, his natural and not to be alienated inheritance,
the messenger on horseback had exactly the same possessions
as the King, the first Minister of State, or the richest
merchant in London. So with the three passengers shut up
in the narrow compass of one lumbering old mail coach;
they were mysteries to one another, as complete as if each
had been in his own coach and six, or his own coach and
sixty, with the breadth of a county between him and the
next.
So = therefore (because they didn't know he had a great inheritance and they didn't talk to each other)?
the messenger on horseback had exactly the same possessions
as the King, the first Minister of State, or the richest
merchant in London. So with the three passengers shut up
in the narrow compass of one lumbering old mail coach;
they were mysteries to one another, as complete as if each
had been in his own coach and six, or his own coach and
sixty, with the breadth of a county between him and the
next.
So = therefore (because they didn't know he had a great inheritance and they didn't talk to each other)?
Top answer
Hi, No. I take it to mean 'it was the same situation with the 3 passengers'. In the situation in the coach, they were all in the same position, all had equal rights, just as was the case with the messenger/the King/the minister/the rich man.
- Hi, No.
- I take it to mean 'it was the same situation with the 3 passengers'.
- In the situation in the coach, they were all in the same position, all had equal rights, just as was the case with the messenger/the King/the minister/the rich man.
- Here's a simpler example.
- Fred was sick.
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Hi,
No. I take it to mean 'it was the same situation with the 3 passengers'. In the situation in the coach, they were all in the same position, all had equal rights, just as was the case with the messenger/the King/the minister/the rich man.
Here's a simpler example.
Fred was sick. So with Tom. ie It was the same situation with Tom = Tom was sick, too.
No. I take it to mean 'it was the same situation with the 3 passengers'. In the situation in the coach, they were all in the same position, all had equal rights, just as was the case with the messenger/the King/the minister/the rich man.
Here's a simpler example.
Fred was sick. So with Tom. ie It was the same situation with Tom = Tom was sick, too.
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