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I was reading a short story and this sentence came in. I found it weird in grammar and do not understand it.



"There was once a woman who was very, very cheerful, though she had little to make her so; for she was old, and poor, and lonely"



"She had little to make her so"→ why is there not "a noun" after "little" and what does the "so" word mean in this text?



"For she was old, and poor, and lonely" → is the "for" word equal as "because" in this text?



Thank you!!!!






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    She did not have much to be cheerful about. 'So' refers to the previous description of her. Yes, 'for' means 'because' here.
    – Kate Bunting
    12 hours ago










  • Thank you so much . It is clearly now after reading your answer
    – Tam
    12 hours ago










  • Personally, I would have replaced the semicolon with another comma, omitted the for after it, or replaced the semicolon with a colon and omitted the for after it.
    – Jason Bassford
    11 hours ago


















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I was reading a short story and this sentence came in. I found it weird in grammar and do not understand it.



"There was once a woman who was very, very cheerful, though she had little to make her so; for she was old, and poor, and lonely"



"She had little to make her so"→ why is there not "a noun" after "little" and what does the "so" word mean in this text?



"For she was old, and poor, and lonely" → is the "for" word equal as "because" in this text?



Thank you!!!!






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put on hold as off-topic by tchrist♦ 11 hours ago


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  • "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – tchrist

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    She did not have much to be cheerful about. 'So' refers to the previous description of her. Yes, 'for' means 'because' here.
    – Kate Bunting
    12 hours ago










  • Thank you so much . It is clearly now after reading your answer
    – Tam
    12 hours ago










  • Personally, I would have replaced the semicolon with another comma, omitted the for after it, or replaced the semicolon with a colon and omitted the for after it.
    – Jason Bassford
    11 hours ago
















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I was reading a short story and this sentence came in. I found it weird in grammar and do not understand it.



"There was once a woman who was very, very cheerful, though she had little to make her so; for she was old, and poor, and lonely"



"She had little to make her so"→ why is there not "a noun" after "little" and what does the "so" word mean in this text?



"For she was old, and poor, and lonely" → is the "for" word equal as "because" in this text?



Thank you!!!!






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share|improve this question













I was reading a short story and this sentence came in. I found it weird in grammar and do not understand it.



"There was once a woman who was very, very cheerful, though she had little to make her so; for she was old, and poor, and lonely"



"She had little to make her so"→ why is there not "a noun" after "little" and what does the "so" word mean in this text?



"For she was old, and poor, and lonely" → is the "for" word equal as "because" in this text?



Thank you!!!!






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  • 1




    She did not have much to be cheerful about. 'So' refers to the previous description of her. Yes, 'for' means 'because' here.
    – Kate Bunting
    12 hours ago










  • Thank you so much . It is clearly now after reading your answer
    – Tam
    12 hours ago










  • Personally, I would have replaced the semicolon with another comma, omitted the for after it, or replaced the semicolon with a colon and omitted the for after it.
    – Jason Bassford
    11 hours ago
















  • 1




    She did not have much to be cheerful about. 'So' refers to the previous description of her. Yes, 'for' means 'because' here.
    – Kate Bunting
    12 hours ago










  • Thank you so much . It is clearly now after reading your answer
    – Tam
    12 hours ago










  • Personally, I would have replaced the semicolon with another comma, omitted the for after it, or replaced the semicolon with a colon and omitted the for after it.
    – Jason Bassford
    11 hours ago










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She did not have much to be cheerful about. 'So' refers to the previous description of her. Yes, 'for' means 'because' here.
– Kate Bunting
12 hours ago




She did not have much to be cheerful about. 'So' refers to the previous description of her. Yes, 'for' means 'because' here.
– Kate Bunting
12 hours ago












Thank you so much . It is clearly now after reading your answer
– Tam
12 hours ago




Thank you so much . It is clearly now after reading your answer
– Tam
12 hours ago












Personally, I would have replaced the semicolon with another comma, omitted the for after it, or replaced the semicolon with a colon and omitted the for after it.
– Jason Bassford
11 hours ago






Personally, I would have replaced the semicolon with another comma, omitted the for after it, or replaced the semicolon with a colon and omitted the for after it.
– Jason Bassford
11 hours ago

















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