Insofar....

[eighthobstruction]

....insofar........a funny old word....well, not a word but a phrase hmmmm.....makes me laugh/smile....when ever i read or hear it i know someone is trying to explain something to me.....do they know that 75% of my mind is going "la la la la la"?? : insofar of the extent or ability i have to understand....

[kernelbogey]

While doing some coastal walking in Cornwall, a year or two back, I asked a man working on a fence if he thought I could get to the local pub before it closed after lunch.

'Oh, insofar', he said....

[eighthobstruction]

....but also a preposition (whatever that is) and adverb....in good English in so far ....but increasingly being pushed together....it makes no odds to me, but, who made this phrase in the first place??

[vinteuil]

... worrabout inasmuch ?

[eighthobstruction]

... worrabout inasmuch ?

....I'll give it my attention directly....

[eighthobstruction]

....I like it that both are often followed by 'as', but, they [who ever they be] don't go as far as - insofaras or inasmuchas....

[french frank]

... worrabout inasmuch ?

Inasmuch: About 3 occurrences per million words in modern English. The earliest known use of the adverb inasmuch is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for inasmuch is from around 1380, in English Wycliffite Sermons.

Insofar: About 7 occurrences per million words in modern English. The earliest known use of the adverb insofar is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for insofar is from before 1464, in the writing of John Capgrave, prior of Bishop's Lynn, theologian, and historian.

https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/insofar-vs-inasmuch

[eighthobstruction]

....Oh we've got the big guns weighing in now - with the proper stuff....

[french frank]

....Oh we've got the big guns weighing in now - with the proper stuff....

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About ... (and a lot you didn't).

[vinteuil]

... I still worry about nevertheless and notwithstanding

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[eighthobstruction]

...who do you think you are coming in here with your thick books with smallwriting and er-oo-dition....and knowing things in the proper way....( as a friend used to say -"if they are so b' clever, why ain't they rich")....

....gosh I almost used the word opined....but stopped myself just in time....

[Nick Armstrong]

( as a friend used to say -"if they are so b' clever, why ain't they rich")....

....gosh I almost used the word opined....but stopped myself just in time....

Great thread

[eighthobstruction]

....Notwithstanding what a good thread this is; I'd give it all insofar someone might place a bacon sandwich or bowl of porrige in front of me; inasmuch that my Spinozian leanings nevertheless never stop me from being a little lazy. Is that far from being much of a muchness....am I asking too much??

[gurnemanz]

Q Where is the remote control?

A Insofa.

[eighthobstruction]

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