as...as / so...as

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello, please tell me which of below is correct, or, can both of them be correct?
The movie isn’t as interesting as the book / The movie isn’t so interesting as the book.

Thanks :slight_smile:

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Yes, both are OK to use, but the first is the better one to use.

Easier to say, " The book was more interesting than the film.

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so…as is used in negative sentences, while as… as… is used in affirmative ones.

So, the movie is not so interesting as the book would be grammatically more correct.

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Thanks for my great friend ,Bill .and…
Bravo KArmine.

Good luck.

Salam

“If you don’t know where you’re going, then any direction will do.” – Lewis Carroll

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Dear…Both are right but (so…adj…as) should be used in negative but(as…adj…as) can be used in both negative and affirmative ones…

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question? what are the comparative and the supurlative adjective of the adjective (up)? i think it is irregular adjective.

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but i think there is difference between as…as and so…as .i mean as…as can be used in affirmative & negative sentences but so…as should be used only in negative ones so don’t hesitate and use as…as to be in the safe side …Thanks

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Hi, I also got a question regarding as … so. Can you say: “As intense as my will, so worthless are my skills?”
or is it “as worthless are my skills”?

thx!

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The correct sentence is “Intense as my will is, my skills are so worthless.” The use of the intensive adverb “so” here would be very conversational, and it would mean “to some considerable extent.”

“As” by itself can mean “though,” which is what this calls for

“As … as” means to the same degree that
Susan is as nice as Sally. = Susan is nice to the same degree that Sally is.

“As worthless are my skills” is not a complete thought. You’d end up with two clauses that don’t express a complete thought. In other words, “Intense as my will is, as worthless are my skills” is a fragment.

You could also say “My skills are as worthless as my will is intense.” The meaning is different. You are now saying the degree of worthlessness matches that of the intensity. The first sentence I suggested is not a comparison of degree. It just contrasts two facts.

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“Up” is rarely an adjective that would require comparative or superlative forms.

Alex is more up on international affairs than Bradley.
Of the three, Sally is the one who is most up on the changes in her field.