ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: If only so

Ant_222 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:54:19 GMT

Thanks for showing how the phrase works, CJ!

Re: If only so

CalifJim — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:51:40 GMT

Ant_222
Does it mean that she finished the letter only to stop the need to "wrestle with it"?

Yes. You got it.

She wrote ... because she felt that the letter had to be finished, even if the only reason for finishing it was not to have to deal with it anymore.

If only so

Ant_222 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:34:59 GMT

Hello all.

Here's a sentence:
"Feeling that the letter had to be finished if only so she wouldn't have to
wrestle with it anymore, she wrote<...>"

Does it mean that she finished the letter only to stop the need to "wrestle with it"? I am not sure I understand what this "if only so" phrase means...

Thanks in advance,
Anton