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Well, and I thought that using 'so' to start a sentence is a typically American thing. Like getting your dates in the wrong order (MM/DD/YYYY instead of DD/MM/YYYY as it's done in every other country), mis-spelling words by removing letters ('favorite' instead of 'favourite' etc). And, oddest of all, "pulling the trigger" on something - which I thought meant you shot it to bits because you detested it, but no, it meant you actually bought it .

So, now that I've got clarification, can we get back to using 'practising' as a verb, not 'practicing', which is an adjective?
(As a practicing musician, I love practising on the piano) .

It isn't only a conjunction; it's one of those multipurpose words that functions in many ways.

Check out definition #5 here -

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/so

Correct me, if I'm wrong, but I believe "so" can be used not only as a conjunction, but an adverb, adjective, or interjection.

The 'typically American' thing is not caring what is done in every other country.

As long as we're not talking about Scarlatti anymore , here's a thoughtful article on the emergence of sentences that start with "so":

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/us/22iht-currents.html?_r=0


-J

I hate the way America does dates. When I was a kid, I always wrote it the other way, which makes so much more sense. Then just when I finally got used to doing it the month/day/year way, I went to England and got used to doing it the right way, and now I'm just all confused.

(However, I do like how America spells "favorite." It has less superfluous letters )

I just use this converter:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/music/marinkyo/scarlatti/referenco.html.en

Funny, I thought the use of 'so' to start a spoken sentence had always been common in New York, where I grew up. So sue me.

Fewer. (Unless you mean the letters in "favorite" are superfluous to a smaller degree.)
We have Noah Webster to thank (or blame) for the spelling change.


Thanks, I never heard of that distinction before. So would this be correct?: "Dr. Terwilliger has left his practice, having practised otorhinolaryngology for twenty years."

I guess you would prefer to say "24, Scarlatti, K" rather than "K24, Scarlatti" or "Scarlatti, 24K"?

What does that have to do with the way one writes dates?

I know! I was just pretending not to be old.

So, you did a great job of it!

This is only true in British English. In American English, "practice" is correct for both noun and verb. See http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/practice

I see, the practice of using 'practice' for "practise" is another American practice.

So, well, would I be correct in assuming that the practice of having your dates back-to-front stems from the American way of saying 'July the Fourth', rather than the Queen's way of saying "the Fourth of July"?

So, like.......no.

Most Americans say "4th of July". Most Americans write "July 4th". Most Americans don't know the significance of the date.

Looks like my work was all for naught!

I really did it as an Excel exercise when I was learning some more robust features. It does a similar thing and displays the key and tempo.

Here it is if anyone is interested:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/wwsmyf9ymmd0ds3/ScarlattiConverter.xlsx

If yours also has the key and tempo, I'd be very interested...would save me time looking for Sonatas for different purposes. But I don't have a mediafire account and it wants my credit card info even to open the free account. So do you think you PM me?

so, this is a lovely thread, everyone! THANKS for the excel file!!!!