Sep 17, 2023 · That you did so very well works doesn't mean *you did, very well so does - I agree with Astralbee's answer on this. The only way this arrangement of words works for me is interpreting it as yes, you did, very well, so - yes, you did, alright, anyway, conveying a very different tone than OP intended. –

So long as I'm here (okay, I know that's stretching the usage a bit), I may as well point out that so far as I'm concerned, "so long as" isn't really an "exception" in the sense of being a "one-off" usage. It's one of many constructions where so can be replaced by as. –

Jun 21, 2018 · It's a perfectly valid construction, swell is a slang form of 'well' as far as I can judge. Dictionary.com gives its definition as 'first-rate; fine'... right down at the bottom, last entry. It used to be common, though the place you'd really hear it is Hollywood movies from the 1940's. It's fallen out of use these days.

Sep 21, 2023 · Sentence 1 is simply wrong. The idion is "very much so", and is explained in the reference given in the comments. Sentence 2 is a valid sentence, but its meaning is slightly ambiguous. The word "so" is used to qualify other words and has a wide range of meanings. As punctuated, it probably means "You did X not just very well, but so very well.

Jan 20, 2018 · The simple past did is used about something that was completed at some point in the past.. The present perfect have done is used about something that started some time ago and is still happening, or was completed some time ago but has a lasting effect.

Apr 13, 2015 · The part "so well do they blend in" is really confusing to me. From my understanding, the clause tries to tell us that these insects probably blend in the nature extremely well, so the readers cannot recognize. However, I'm confused about the structure of the clause. Why is it able to use "so well" in the beginning of the clause and put "do ...

Jun 30, 2018 · Yes, people do say so-so, and they write it as well. You can find plenty of examples in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), like this: Bottom line: A governor with a so-so staff and so-so appointees will have a so-so governorship. Or: What would Gandhi do? It's the core question on this campus.

May 29, 2021 · It seems like in the past "so much above" was more common, with "very much above" a distant second. More recently, both uses have decreased significantly, though "so much above" has made a slight comeback. The other three options ("very above," "very well above," and "so well above") are all but nonexistent. But if we add "well above" to the ...

Jun 16, 2020 · But, I bet ya, when he has to write something like a business letter or simply send a notification message to his students, he's definitely going to use the proper form well. So, my recommendations: when you speak, always use well unless you feel comfortable enough with the language; accept that you are going to hear Americans say I did good a lot

Jun 3, 2022 · Using "so" would be in relation to something else, so it would be "so" because You are going to bed late in relation to or in contrast to your normal bedtime. Using "very" would just mean it's really late, but "so" helps the reader know that you don't usually go to bed this late. As a native speaker as well, "so" sounds more natural.