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 Dejo Dejo February 1, 2014 February 1, 2014 at 9:52:07 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I had the same problem, until I realized that the "so" goes with "said".
"to say so" = to assert
To fix this sentence, I would either put a comma...
Tom said so, many times.
or change the word order
Many times Tom said so.
It's surprising even to me how often meaning in English depends on intonation. This point should be remembered by all in discussions of "natural sounding sentences". What is natural and comprehensible in spoken English, may be ambiguous in writing where we don't have the benefit of intonation. I just noticed this the other day while translating some English sentences with audio.

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Tom said so many times.

added by CK, August 3, 2013
➜ #3025905Tom diris tion multfoje.

linked by Dejo, February 1, 2014
➜ #3025955Tom hat das viele Male gesagt.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, February 1, 2014
➜ #3027987Том много раз так говорил.

linked by marafon, February 2, 2014
➜ #4847375Tom defalarca söyledi.

linked by duran, January 21, 2016
➜ #11541309Том много раз это говорил.

linked by marafon, February 16, 2023