Talk:so-and-so

Pronoun?

I'd have called this a pronoun as well as a noun. I'm not sure now. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:52, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

What usage makes you call it a pronoun? DCDuring TALK 16:42, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

such-and-such

Isn't the second meaning synonymous with such-and-such? Secondly, why no determiner use is added, unlike those of such-and-such? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:09, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

RFD discussion: January–December 2023

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so-and-so

Rfd-redundant — This unsigned comment was added by 81.5.38.43 (talk) at 07:41, 8 January 2023.

The sense targeted by the IP looks like it's a synonym of such-and-such. DonnanZ (talk) 10:27, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

I think the complaint is that sense 2 ("Some thing or things") is redundant to sense 1 ("A placeholder name for a person or thing"), in which case I agree, delete, or merge. such-and-such has "placeholder or generic thing", which might be a better definition. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 13:42, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Nothing for that sense in Collins and Oxford hard copies, but I notice it crops up in phrases like "at so-and-so a" (time, place etc.) which could be replaced by such-and-such. Probably best described as non-standard. A quote or two would be useful. DonnanZ (talk) 17:06, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Delete/merge sense 2 into sense 1. - -sche (discuss) 23:49, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Merged. - -sche (discuss) 00:01, 1 December 2023 (UTC)