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Old 28-Feb-2007, 03:54
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Default Because + so ?

"Because it is going to rain, so we had better leave early."

Although "so" is redundant, is this sentence grammatically correct because so can be an adverb?
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Old 28-Feb-2007, 05:25
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Hi, Betterin,
Your sentence will be OK if you leave out either because or so.
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Old 28-Feb-2007, 06:55
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Is this sentence grammatically correct if both "because" and "so" are used?
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Old 28-Feb-2007, 07:04
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I don't think so.
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Old 28-Feb-2007, 11:17
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I think that it is at least grammatically correct if both "because" and "so" are used, although "so" is redundant.
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Old 28-Feb-2007, 21:36
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No, definitely not.
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Old 01-Mar-2007, 04:54
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I think it is OK,because "so" can be considered as an adverb.
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Old 05-Mar-2007, 03:30
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An inversion would clear things up: "We had better leave early, because it is going to rain."

With this, it's easy to see how 'so' is redundant in either structure.
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I think it is OK,because "so" can be considered as an adverb.
In what sense? What's it modifying?
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All so is doing is "coordinatingly joining" the clauses, and there you are.
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