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Use the phrase "as it were..."



 
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Use the phrase "as it were..." #1 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:46 am   Use the phrase "as it were..."		  
Hi all,

Can I use so to speak, one might say, as it were interchangeably (in any context)?

Thanks in advance!
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Use the phrase "as it were..." #2 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 13:26 pm   Use the phrase "as it were..."		  
I think you can. "As it were" has no precise meaning, and you can live quite comfortably without it. I never use it.
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Use the phrase "as it were..." #3 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 13:43 pm   Use the phrase "as it were..."		  
Thank you, Jamie (K)!
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Use the phrase "as it were..." #4 (permalink) Fri Jan 26, 2007 21:21 pm   Use the phrase "as it were..."		  
Hello, Pamela

You may be interested in reading this:

'So to speak' versus 'As it were'

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Use the phrase "as it were..." #5 (permalink) Tue Jan 30, 2007 22:09 pm   Use the phrase "as it were..."		  
Hi Tom and thanks!
Your thread has slipped my mind Cool
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