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Discover LudwigThe phrase "this is so called because" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it when you want to give an explanation for why something is referred to by a certain name or term. For example, "This type of fossil is so called because it is found in abundance in certain limestone deposits."
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Hard polytomies are so called because can only be broken with a large amount of data and careful analyses.
This soup is so called because as you quickly whisk the egg into the stock it forms shapes like comet tails.
Run by "The Antic Collective" (nope, me neither) this bar/restaurant/café is so called because it sits on the site of the old Jobcentre Plus in Deptford, an institution that became a lifeline for what remains one of the most deprived parts of the capital.
It is named for the organ-pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi), which is found in large stands in the United States only in this locality and is so called because its branches resemble organ pipes.
This decree, which started the so-called Tanzimat reforms, is so called because it carries a handwritten order by the sultan to the grand vizier to execute his command.
Some kinds of asps, such as the Hypnale, were already well characterized in the Middle Ages: This species of asp is "so called because it kills you by making you sleepy," reads the bestiary.
The paper dosa is so called because it is as thin as a sheet of paper.
The endoderm is so called because it is the innermost of the three germ layers.
A healthy, balanced diet is so called because it's healthy and balanced".
Labeo's Libri posteriores, a systematic exposition of Roman law, is so called because it was published after his death.
Heavy water, made by a laborious electrolysis process, is so called because it contains extra neutrons.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com