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Does "How so?" mean the same as "What for?" and "Why?" ? My gut feeling is that "How so?" asks a person to describe how something happened, and the other two just talk back.
Aug 23, 2014 7:34 PM
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See these short dialogues as illustrations. "He's a good prime minister." "How so?" (meaning "In what way is he good?") "I want to give my mother a Formula 1 car." "What for?" (meaning, "For what purpose? Does she need it?") "I want to quit my job." "Why?" (meaning, "What's the reason?")
August 23, 2014
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"How so?" basically means "Can you explain what you mean by that?"
August 23, 2014
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Go with you gut feeling.
August 23, 2014
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