Result / Consequence Link
What happened as a result?
Significato
A relation that shows consequence, outcome, effect, conclusion, or logical result.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask what came out of the situation.
Esempi
so|therefore|as a result|then
so we left|therefore it failed
It was late, so we went home.
Visual guide
SITUATION → RESULT late → went home It was late, so we went home. Ask: What happened as a result?
One event chain, two views: CAUSE: It was late. RESULT: We went home. We went home because it was late. It was late, so we went home. so points to the outcome.
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Result is shown with quindi, perciò, così, or clause sequencing.
Era tardi, quindi siamo andati a casa.
It was late, so we went home.
Nella tua lingua di studio
In inglese il risultato si segnala con connettori come so, therefore, as a result, which is why e forme simili.
It was late, so we left.
so = risultato/conseguenza: era tardi, quindi ce ne siamo andati.
Chi studia può confondere so per indicare un risultato con because per indicare una causa, oppure usare therefore in contesti troppo informali.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.