Why do people start a sentence with 'So'?

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  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
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    It's more conversational.
  • AnneH1977
    AnneH1977 Posts: 86 Member
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    In the beginning, people put "so" at the beginning of sentences:
    Genesis 2:

    21.  So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

    Genesis 3:

    24.  So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

    Genesis 4:

    3. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.
    5. . So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.
    15.  So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

    Genesis 5:

    5.  So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
    8.  So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
    11.  So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
    14.  So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
    17.  So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
    20.  So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
    23.  So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
    27.  So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
    31.  So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

    So endth the lesson.

    Totally stole my answer.
    :)
  • ANeWcRe8N
    ANeWcRe8N Posts: 1,180 Member
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    really? lol...
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
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    So like I'm soooooo shure...
  • WingMan380
    WingMan380 Posts: 2,139 Member
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    So there I was, riding my bike down the highway with a cute chick on the back with her long sexy legs wrapped around my waist.
  • WingMan380
    WingMan380 Posts: 2,139 Member
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    "So hey can you see, by the dawn's early light........."

    "So a deer, a female deer............"
  • charneus
    charneus Posts: 66
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    I'm guilty of ending thoughts with "so" despite my every intention not to, and it drives me crazy, too. I'll sit there and say,

    "Last night, I drank a beer, so..."

    or

    "I'm going to go take a bath now, so...."

    As for staring sentences with "so", as many others have pointed out, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Validated sentences with "So" at the beginning include:

    "So as to not wake up mom, let's turn down the volume."
    "So much has been done!"

    and of course, the ever so childish:

    "So, so, suck my toe, all the way to Mexico!"
  • charneus
    charneus Posts: 66
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    "So hey can you see, by the dawn's early light........."

    "So a deer, a female deer............"
    That should be...

    "Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light..."

    For a bald eagle pic... you don't know your Star Spangled Banner...
  • WingMan380
    WingMan380 Posts: 2,139 Member
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    "So hey can you see, by the dawn's early light........."

    "So a deer, a female deer............"
    That should be...

    "Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light..."

    For a bald eagle pic... you don't know your Star Spangled Banner...

    It was a joke dude!!!
    I am a very patriotic person and know every word of the National Anthem and can play it too.
  • charneus
    charneus Posts: 66
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    Haha, it's okay. At least I didn't bust your chops on "sol" vs. "so" ;) and that it should have been "do" anyway. I'm slipping! :p
  • susanloveszumba
    susanloveszumba Posts: 182
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    "So a deer, a female deer............"
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    and "doe a deer, a female deer"

    lol :)
  • WorkoutMaine
    WorkoutMaine Posts: 91
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    1. It is our way of telling you we have something to say and we are gathering our thoughts on how to say it.
    2. It is also our way of saying your an idiot.
    Example:
    1. So, if I add those and divide by X I get the answer.
    2. So, why did you try to check the horses prostate?!
  • WingMan380
    WingMan380 Posts: 2,139 Member
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    "So a deer, a female deer............"

    and "doe a deer, a female deer"

    lol :)
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    Yes it is doe a deer.
    Just a play on words so I can start a sentence with so.
    I have studied music for 35 years, I can "do, re, mi" forwards and backwards.
  • WingMan380
    WingMan380 Posts: 2,139 Member
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    So, I guess my sarcasm isn't appreciated here........On to the next thread.
  • Tdk4685
    Tdk4685 Posts: 293 Member
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    I have a friend that start sentences with so, end sentences with so and sometimes throws so in the middle.
    Drives me nuts.
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
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    So, what?
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
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    I so lol-ed, Wingman!
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
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    When used at the beginning of a sentence, "so" is mostly just a filler word, similar to "Well", "Um," "Er," "Like," "I mean," "You know," etc. It tells the listeners we have something to say, while giving the speaker time to gather his or her thoughts & figure out how best to say it.
    For example:
    "Well, um, er, so, I just up and told him that it wasn't really big enough to be ugly."

    "So" can also be used at the beginning of a sentence to imply that some piece of introduction has been omitted, and the listener is going to be "dropped into the middle of the action."
    For example:
    "So, there I was; standing in the middle of the city's busiest intersection at 4 am; wearing nothing but Chanel No. 5, a hot pink feather boa, and a pair of hip waders."

    (Or did you mean your question rhetorically? :ohwell: )

    This is great! Also great about the person with a B.A. in English who doesn't care! So yeah :flowerforyou:
  • WingMan380
    WingMan380 Posts: 2,139 Member
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    I so lol-ed, Wingman!
    Thanks man, glad someone got it.
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
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    Ummmm.....really?? Lol

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