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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.
23. Aug. 2014 19:34
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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?")
23. August 2014
2
"How so?" basically means "Can you explain what you mean by that?"
23. August 2014
1
Go with you gut feeling.
23. August 2014
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