Since vs So - What's the difference?
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From a specified time in the past.
From (time).
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In order that.
With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
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, title= (label) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
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To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
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(lb) To the (implied) extent.
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In a particular manner.
In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
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, title= (with as) To such an extent or degree; as.
True, accurate.
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In that state or manner; with that attribute. ((replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase))
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Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.
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As an adverb since
is from a specified time in the past.As a preposition since
is from (time).As a conjunction since
is from the time that.As a pronoun so is
this;.since
English
Adverb
(-)Preposition
(English prepositions)Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?, passage="Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite. In one tweet, Mujtahidd directly challenged Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd about his political history: "Did you resign or were you forced to resign from your post as head of the diwan [office] of the council of ministers?"}}
Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
Antonyms
* untilConjunction
(English Conjunctions)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}
Digital Forensics, passage=Since the 1980s, computers have had increasing roles in all aspects of human life—including an involvement in criminal acts. This development has led to the rise of digital forensics, the uncovering and examination of evidence located on all things electronic with digital storage, including computers, cell phones, and networks.}}
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
- Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?
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* nices, 1000 English basic words ----so
English
(wikipedia so)Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’
- As we cal money not onely that which is true and good, but also the false; so it be currant.
- Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength.
Usage notes
Chiefly in North American use, a comma or pause is often used before the conjunction when used in the sense with the result that''. (A similar meaning can often be achieved by using a semicolon or colon (without the ''so'' ), as for example: ''He drank the poison; he died. )Synonyms
* (in order that) so that, thatAdverb
(-)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’
- Don?t know what it is that makes me love you so , / I only know I never want to let you go.
- [= this long]
Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}
- Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so' superb a woman as this under handicap ' so hard.
- Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust.
Blackpool 1-2 West Ham, passage=It was a goal that meant West Ham won on their first appearance at Wembley in 31 years, in doing so becoming the first team since Leicester in 1996 to bounce straight back to the Premier League through the play-offs.}}
Usage notes
Use of so''''' in the sense ''to the '''implied''' extent'' is discouraged in formal writing; spoken intonation which might render the usage clearer is not usually apparent to the reader, who might reasonably expect the ''extent'' to be made explicit. For example, the reader may expect ''He is '''so good'' to be followed by an explanation or consequence of how good ''he'' is. Devices such as use of underscoring and the exclamation mark may be used as a means of clarifying that the implicit usage is intended; capitalising ''SO'' is also used. The derivative subsenses ''very'' and ''very much are similarly more apparent with spoken exaggerated intonation. The difference between so'' and ''very'' in implied-extent usage is that ''very'' is more descriptive or matter-of-fact, while ''so'' indicates more emotional involvement. This ''so'' is used by both men and women, but more frequently by women. For example, ''she is very pretty'' is a simple statement of fact; ''she is so pretty'' suggests admiration. Likewise, ''that is very typical'' is a simple statement; ''that is SO typical of him!'' is an indictment. A formal (and reserved) apology may be expressed ''I am very sorry'', but after elbowing someone in the nose during a basketball game, a man might say, ''Dude, I am so sorry! in order to ensure that it's understood as an accident.Mark Liberman,"Ask Language Log: So feminine?", 2012 March 26
References
Synonyms
* (very) really, truly, that, very * (to a particular extent) that, this, yea * (in a particular manner) like this, thus * really, truly, very muchDerived terms
* or so * so-so * so there * so whatAdjective
(en adjective)- If this separation was painful to all parties, it was most so to Martha.
- But if I had been more fit to be married, I might have made you more so too.
- At twilight in the summeron the floor.
Synonyms
* (true) correct, right, true * musical, one of the family, one of them, that way inclinedDerived terms
* make it so * more soInterjection
(en interjection)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=So , after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.}}