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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

He's not so good

Talking about someone who's very sick. And I want it to sound informal. Can I say:

"He's not so good"?

Is it okay to leave out "doing" between "not" and "so"?

  

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Anonymous "He's not so good"? Fine. Anonymous Is it okay to leave out "doing" between "not" and "so"?

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous "He's not so good"?
  • Fine.
  • Anonymous Is it okay to leave out "doing" between "not" and "so"?
  • If you add the verb 'doing', it's like this: He's not doing so well .
  • Therefore, He's not so good is not formed by omitting 'doing'.
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Anonymous"He's not so good"?

Fine.

AnonymousIs it okay to leave out "doing" between "not" and "so"?

If you add the verb 'doing', it's like this:

He's not doing so well.

Therefore, He's not so good is not formed by omitting 'doing'. These are two separate sentence structures.

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