grammar suggestion please?

Question

any other fancy sentence for "just a while ago"? so I can use it in my english test.

and is so-so a good use in english grammar? as in "The design was so-so, nothing to be excited about".

WOW great advice! One more please, i dont wanna waste yahoo points:

what about so?
like for example:

so i started working out

Answer 1

In addition to the suggestion of "mediocre" above, perhaps the design was 'adequate'. (Depending on how pejorative you wish to be.) Or "lackluster" ?

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As for "so", sometimes that word seems to be inserted for no reason at all. Depending on what you are trying to say, you might just begin, "I started working out."

On the other hand, if working out is actually a response to something you have just described, then you might say, "Consequently, I started working out."

Answer 2

What you can replace "just a while ago" with depends on the context of your sentence. You can use words such as newly, freshly, recently, of late, a short time ago, etc. How it'll sound, though, will depend on what you're saying with it.

If you're writing a formal paper, you may want to use words like mediocre, average, ordinary, or middling instead of "so-so." However, if you're speaking, it's perfectly fine to use that word.

Answer 3

So-so, is just that...so-so.. I think it is absurd to call anything so-so. If you want to sound educated use mediocre, average, commonplace, ordinary, so many choices, anything but so-so..

Time goes by so fast it seems like it was just a while ago ....( example: I was only a child, etc...)

Answer 4

I also like "recently" instead of "just a while ago" and "prosaic" for "so-so", which I would not use on an assignment.

Prosaic means commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

Answer 5

For "just awhile ago," I would say "recently." I would not say "so-so" in a formal paper.

Answer 6

I would say "recently" , and instead of so-so say "mediocre."

Answer 7

...a short time hence...