Why do so many people start every sentence with 'So' these days?
I wish I didn't notice this kind of thing :(
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"So" at the start of a question often marks the beginning of a new topic that one of the parties wants to discuss, often called an "interactional agenda," according to Bolden.
"So how was your day?"
'The word is a marker of cause and result,' says Dr. Gardner-Chloros. 'Someone who starts an answer with “so” is marking that what he's saying is coherent with what came before — the question. He's saying what he wants to say, like a politician — but trying to make it sound like it's an answer to the question.
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"So how was your day?"
'The word is a marker of cause and result,' says Dr. Gardner-Chloros. 'Someone who starts an answer with “so” is marking that what he's saying is coherent with what came before — the question. He's saying what he wants to say, like a politician — but trying to make it sound like it's an answer to the question.
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