While writers do best to avoid using so as an adjective intensifier, it is a perfectly legitimate conjunction. (Remember FANBOYS? For, and, nor, but, or yet, so.) A conjunction joins two phrases or clauses. I was exhausted so I had no trouble falling asleep. We missed breakfast and lunch while waiting in the ticket line, …
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Apr 17
So…what?
Using ‘so’ to intensify an adjective is common in speech and informal writing (I was so tired after the exam, or we waited in line for so long this morning) but avoid it in formal or professional writing. Instead of ‘so tired,’ ‘exhausted’ or ‘beat’ might convey the same meaning in a richer way. Instead …