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....or insofar? One word or three?
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I've many times seen it as "insofar as", and just now
got dozens of hits when I searched for it.
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Hey, johnjohn! Long time no see. Howya been?  I've only ever seen it as Dr. Bill said.
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>>>Hey, johnjohn! Long time no see. Howya been? I've only ever seen it as Dr. Bill said.Well, unless you count those jokes that finish with, "he had it in so far that...." 
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try and find concensus on this one; 'in so far as' or 'in-so-far as' - 527kg 'insofar as' - 347kg but, http://www.bartleby.com/68/88/3188.html says the latter is conventional.
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Over this side of the pond, I believe that "insofar" is more usual. Having said that, I have seen both the other forms over here frequently enough to think that all are acceptable.
(Not that that is saying much - these days all sorts of peculiar sentence constructions and word spellings pass as "accepteable".) [/grouch]
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"he had it in so far that...."It was 'she' who *had it. 
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tsk tsk, said she, non-linguistically.
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