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sore demo 419

(e) A: 20%-I<-, &blkako
(This overcoat is expensive, isn't it?)
B: S~LT~&~QB 3 ?
(But do you intend to buy it?)

Sore demo means that in spite of the circumstance expressed in the preced-
ing sentence something surprising or contradictory takes place. So if this
basic meaning is missing sore demo cannot be used.
(1) &dbkk%~b, {T.f / CfhZ.f / LaaL /*?hT&l $$a"b;f%
&J?,
(I have work to do today. But I can take a day off tomorrow.)

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(3) &ihw-ho IT^ / [twa L~>L /*tnralBkit
e%Labl,
(I do exercise a lot. But my younger brother doesn't at all.)
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I. (Sore) ni mo kakawarazu also means of 'in spite of (that)' and, in fact, it
can replace sore demo in all the KS and Exs. except Ex.(e). The reason
why the replacement is impossible in Ex.(e) is that (sore) ni mo ka-
kawarazu is used only in written or formal spoken Japanese; therefore,
it doesn't fit in a very colloquial use of sore demo in Ex.(e).
[I] A: Z0;5-1<-, &b.kaR,
(This overcoat is expensive, isn't it?)
B: ~?hT.f/*?ht:&~a~ab%-d'l WiQhb?
(Do you intend to buy it in spite of that?) (= Ex.(e))