1794: 'Insofar' not 'Insofaras' Nov 12, 2019

The word 'insofar' is a combination of three other words. This isn't so uncommon, looking at others like 'nevertheless', but what's odder perhaps is that it isn't composed of four words, since it is almost always followed by 'as'. There are a couple things to note, though. First, as with any orthographic development in English, it was planned, but also it's fairly new, only becoming more popular than writing 'in so far' in the 1970's. Also, it can also be followed by 'that', but this is already rare at the time of the compounds rise to popularity, and its rarity is increasing.

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