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ROBINDESBOIS
June 14, 2010, 06:32 AM
can anybody give a more informal conjunction meaning the same?

Perikles
June 14, 2010, 07:11 AM
can anybody give a more informal conjunction meaning the same?It is a complex subordinator and the Oxford dictionary gives it as in so far as, although others give insofar as and in-so-far as. Anyway, it normally means to the extent that, and can often be substituted by so far as, though or since, depending on context.

poli
June 14, 2010, 07:45 AM
In that is commonly used. For example:

They are simlar in so far as they have the same occupation in live in the same town
Thy are similar in that they have the same...