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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Difference between so and very
Hello,
I have a question about the following sentence.
Nancy was surprised that the price of meat in Tokyo was very expensive.
In this sentence, some said "very" should be "so" because "very" sounds unnatural there.
I thought "very" and "so" have almost the same meaning, and in this case both can fit well. So, if anyone knows why "so" should be better, could you let me know?
Thank you
I have a question about the following sentence.
Nancy was surprised that the price of meat in Tokyo was very expensive.
In this sentence, some said "very" should be "so" because "very" sounds unnatural there.
I thought "very" and "so" have almost the same meaning, and in this case both can fit well. So, if anyone knows why "so" should be better, could you let me know?
Thank you
Top answer
I don't have a problem with "very", but I do have a problem with describing price as being expensive . Try, Nancy was surprised that meat was very expensive in Tokyo. Nancy was surprised that meat was so expensive in Tokyo.
- I don't have a problem with "very", but I do have a problem with describing price as being expensive .
- Try, Nancy was surprised that meat was very expensive in Tokyo.
- Nancy was surprised that meat was so expensive in Tokyo.
- Nancy was surprised that the price of meat was very high in Tokyo.
- or Nancy was surprised that the price of meat was so high in Tokyo.
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I don't have a problem with "very", but I do have a problem with describing price as being expensive.
Try,
Nancy was surprised that meat was very expensive in Tokyo.
Nancy was surprised that meat was so expensive in Tokyo.
Nancy was surprised that the price of meat was very high in Tokyo.
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Nancy was surprised that the price of meat wa
Try,
Nancy was surprised that meat was very expensive in Tokyo.
Nancy was surprised that meat was so expensive in Tokyo.
Nancy was surprised that the price of meat was very high in Tokyo.
or
Nancy was surprised that the price of meat wa
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Anonymous"so" ... "very"Roughly,
so expensive ~ surprisingly expensive; more expensive than Nancy expected
very expensive ~ extremely expensive; more expensive than in other cities
It's the word "surprised" earlier in the sentence that makes people want to say "so" instead of "very". Most expressions of emotional reaction cause the same
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Thank you for the reply.
You are right! The "expensive" has to be "high" there. I didn't notice that.
Thank you for your correction!
You are right! The "expensive" has to be "high" there. I didn't notice that.
Thank you for your correction!
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Thank you for the reply.
Your explanation is very helpful. It really makes sense.
In my sentence, "so" is prefferred because it has a word of emotional reaction.
Thank you for your big help!
Your explanation is very helpful. It really makes sense.
In my sentence, "so" is prefferred because it has a word of emotional reaction.
Thank you for your big help!
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prices can be high or low, but prices cannot be expensive.
very sounds good, and don't worry about changing it.
very sounds good, and don't worry about changing it.
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