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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread in so far #124341 03/02/04 11:31 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia J johnjohn OP member OP johnjohn member J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia ....or insofar? One word or three? jj Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: in so far #124342 03/02/04 11:42 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I've many times seen it as "insofar as", and just now got dozens of hits when I searched for it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: in so far #124343 03/03/04 02:08 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Hey, johnjohn! Long time no see. Howya been? I've only ever seen it as Dr. Bill said. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: in so far #124344 03/03/04 02:19 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 >>>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...." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: in so far #124345 03/03/04 02:20 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: in so far #124346 03/03/04 10:28 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 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] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter in so far #124347 03/03/04 08:26 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago "he had it in so far that...." It was 'she' who *had it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: in so far #124348 03/03/04 08:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York tsk tsk, said she, non-linguistically. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,328 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 699 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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