Date _____________________ Name _________________________________________________

GRAMMAR JOURNAL -- So:

(before you spend time collecting examples for this assignment, be sure to read the WARNINGS here! -- scroll down)
Collect the following (cut and paste them to this form, or attach clippings or xerox copies to a hardcopy of this form to be handed in). Include enough of the context (at least the sentence before and after) to make the meaning clear. (Document the source. It CANNOT be an English grammar text or handbook!):

ONE EACH of the 4 meanings of so:

    1. "therefore" (I was hungry, so I ate.)
    2. "like X" (I was so hungry that I ate a horse.)
    3. "purpose" (I went home so I could eat.)
    4. "true" (Are you hungry? If so, you can eat.)
Paraphrase each sentence to show that you understand the meaning, including the time referred to and what the "subject" of each verb or verb form is.
Example: so with the meaning of "purpose":
    If you want to head off in this new direction, you have to be light on your feet so you can make faster moves.
(from ________Time, March 27, 1995________) 		PARAPHRASE:
The purpose of being light on your feet is to make faster moves.
YOU should be light ... in order to move fast.
Be light ... because YOU want to move fast.

1. so with the meaning of "therefore":

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2. so with the meaning of "like X":

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3. so with the meaning of "purpose":

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4. so with the meaning of "true":

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PARAPHRASE:

Ann Salzmann
Intensive English Institute
University of Illinois