The word "So." (Curmudgeon Corner)

[ish mailian]

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On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 9:21 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are your questions about speech or writing? Writing dialogue?
>
> Although the question about the rule for comma use implies that you
> are talking about writing, I can't be sure.
>
>  In any event,  so ... in American English there are rules that guide
> the use of punctuation, including the use of the comma as an internal
> punctuation, but these "rules" are neither hard nor fast and are often
> bent or broken by, well, practitioners of the Elements of Style.
>
> see wh movement
>
> see filler
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_(linguistics)
>
> http://www.bartleby.com/141/
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:17 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> And "So" should always be followed by a comma, right?
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, September 15, 2016, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> So is "So" a frame or official start of a statement? Could it easily be
>>> replaced by "Lo?"
>>>
>>> On Thursday, September 15, 2016, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So, you wanted to be a musician....
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:41 AM, kelber at mindspring.com
>>>> <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> There's the Yiddish "nu," but in my experience, it's usually combined
>>>>> with "so." Nu, so ...  or So, nu ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Laura
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> A--And........another bit of wonderful ingenuity from TRP...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:38 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ummm...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 7:28 AM, Protomen <protomen at protonmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, I thought it had always been so...
>>>>>>> Say, what other words would you sacrifice as openers? Dig back to
>>>>>>> ifaith, hwaet?
>>>>>>> Yo why not steal one from another language, French had adonc, orça,
>>>>>>> now "du coup" (much-maligned I'm sure)... or maybe just cut your losses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>>>> Subject: The word "So." (Curmudgeon Corner)
>>>>>>> Local Time: 15 septembre 2016 4:13 AM
>>>>>>> UTC Time: 15 septembre 2016 02:13
>>>>>>> From: fqmorris at gmail.com
>>>>>>> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is it just me, or has "So," become as bad as "awesome? I hate awesome.
>>>>>>> "So" is a curiosity.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David Morris
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> www.innergroovemusic.com
>>>>
>>
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