Could you please check if the following are correct?
1) A is as good as B is bad.
A is so good as B is bad.
A is good as much as B is bad.
A is good so much as B is bad.
2) She is as much a critic as a writer.
She is a critic as much as a writer.
She is so much a critic as a writer.
She is as much a critic as a writer.
3) He is not so much a painter as a singer.
He is not a painter so much as a singer.
He is not as much a painter as a singer.
He is not a painter as much as a singer.
4) 10 is as much less than 20 as 30 is greater than 20.
Could you please help? This 'so much as', 'as much as' things are nagging me terribly.
1) A is as good as B is bad. (Good) If there is a scale ranging from -10 (extremely bad) to +10 (extremely good), then A and B would balance the scale, regardless of where they are absolutely positioned. A is so good as B is bad.
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1) A is as good as B is bad. (Good) If there is a scale ranging from -10 (extremely bad) to +10 (extremely good), then A and B would balance the scale, regardless of where they are absolutely positioned.
A is so good as B is bad.