Could anyone help me in this grammar doubt?

Question

Yesterday I was reading a text and I saw this:

1. And so more than 2000 renowned guests from all corners.......
2. And so this detail-laden collage of letters, memories and.....

What does it mean this "And so" in the beggining of the phrase?

Answer 1

It is NOT a general rule to avoid starting sentences with "and".

As long as the sentence is grammatically correct otherwise, there is nothing wrong with it. Most teachers and grammaticians have no problem with that. The danger comes from "and" making it too easy to write a sentence fragment. There is nothing wrong with those sentences.

"And so" in that case means "that's why", or "that's how". I'll use the first example to demonstrate.

If the sentence directly before it was "The two lovers invited many people to their ceremony. And so more than 2000 renowned guests from all corners ...." it would mean "that's why". Replace the words in your mind; "That's why more than 2000 renowned guests". That fits, right?

If the sentence before it was more like "The editor of the newspaper asked his reporter to create a collage of mementos. And so this detail-laden collage of letters, memories, and ....", then it means "that's why". Imagine replacing it again. Makes sense, doesn't it?

Go back and read it again. Figure out whether it's describing HOW something happened or WHY something happened, and that's what it means.

Answer 2

It just means "furthermore". It's just a way of continuing the ideas from the previous sentence but giving you a pause in between them.

Answer 3

General rule when writing is to aviod starting a sentence with AND, BUT or BECAUSE. That said, the phrase 'and so' would be equivallent to using 'therefore' or 'thus'.

Answer 4

this means "further more" and as and explanation for the previous mentioned phrase

Answer 5

It is the way it is or was when written.

Answer 6

hi,
"and so" refers to extra or further.....bye