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506 tokoro ga

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(It's cold here in winter. But it's cool in summer.)
(e daga; keredomo (DBJG: 187-88))

11. Sore ga is also used when the speaker is going to provide an unex-
pected response to a question. In fact, tokoro ga in such situations can
be replaced by sore ga, as in [4].

However, unlike tokoro ga, sore ga can be used when the second
speaker is not sure what the first speaker expects to hear in the second
speaker's response. For example, in [5] sore ga can be used even when
B is not sure what A expects, while tokoro ga can be used only when B
knows that A expects a good result. (+sore ga)

B: I?h.tf/ tL3tr'I I?dl.~IzLI?,
((Well, you might expect a good result but 1 Contrary to
what you expect) it was no good.)