Definitions
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conjunction
Used to show a result or reason.
Examples
- I was hungry, so I asked for more food.
- He ate too much cake, so he felt sick.
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adverb
Used to mean very.
Examples
- I feel so much better now.
- She is so kind to everyone.
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adverb
Used to show how much, before a result.
Examples
- It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
- He was so good that they hired him on the spot.
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adverb
To this degree, when you show the size with your hands or point to it.
Examples
- I need a piece of cloth so long.
- The fish was so big, about this long.
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adverb
Used to mean very much, especially with want or love.
Examples
- I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
- I so wanted to go to the party.
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conjunction
Used to show the purpose of an action, like so that.
Examples
- I took an earlier train so I'd have plenty of time to prepare.
- Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
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conjunction
Used to start a question about what was just said or done.
Examples
- So how does this story end?
- So what happened after that?
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conjunction
Used to ask a question that does not need an answer.
Examples
- We can't afford a hotel. So who needs a hotel? Stay with us.
- So who's counting anyway?
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conjunction
Used to mean provided that or as long as.
Examples
- You may borrow the car, so you bring it back by nine.
- Take any book, so you return it soon.
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adverb
Used before not to make a negative sentence stronger.
Examples
- That is so not true!
- This plan is so not going to work.