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do so / it / thatdo it, do so and do thatdo it, do so and do thatdo sodo itdo that 2910497Be, have and do29 do so/it/that1do soThe expression do so can be used to avoid repeating a verb and its object or complement. It is usually rather formal.'Put the car away, please.''I've already done so.'Eventually she divorced Joshua. It was a pity she had not done so earlier.He told me to get out, and I did so as quietly as possible.2do so and do it/thatDo it and do that can be used instead of do so.I promised to get the tickets, and I will do so/it as soon as possible.She rode a camel: she had never done so/that before.We use do so mainly to refer to the same action, with the same subject, that was mentioned before. In other cases we prefer do it/that or do alone.I haven't got time to get the tickets. Who's going to do it? (not Who's going to do so?)'I rode a camel in Morocco.''I'd love to do that.' (not to do so.)I always eat peas with honey. My wife never does. (not My wife never does so.)3do so/it/that: deliberate actionsDo so/it/that are mainly used to refer to deliberate dynamic actions. We do not usually use these expressions to replace verbs like fall, lose, like, remember, think, own, which refer to involuntary actions or states.I like the saxophone, and I always have (done). (AmE ... and I always have.) (not and I have always done so/it/that.)She lost her money. I wasn't surprised that she did. (not that she did so/it/that.)I think Jake's wrong. I did when he first spoke to me. (not I did so/it/that when )4other verbsNote that so, it and that are not normally used in this way after auxiliary verbs. It is not possible in standard English to say I can so, She was it or I have that.For so I am, so it is, etc, 309.3.For so do I, so am I, etc, 309.1.For so with say and tell, 586.For so with think, believe, hope and similar verbs, 585.For auxiliary do as substitute for a whole verb phrase, 279.For differences between it and that, 145.Previous Next
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