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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"So blue the sky is!" Is this correct?

0Hi, everyone:02br
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00I know we can say:02br
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01font01b00How02b02font00 beautiful the trees are!02br
01b01font00How02font02b00 pretty she is!02br
01b01font00How02font02b00 blue the sky is!02br
01b01font00How02font02b00 well she plays! 02br
01b01font00How02font02b00 fast he runs!02br
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00I wondering if we can replace all the "How" with "So"? Like:02br
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01b01font00So02font02b00 beautiful the trees are!02br
01b01font00So02font02b00 pretty she is!02br
01b01font00So02font02b00 blue the sky is!02br
01b01font00So02font02b00 well she plays! 02br
01b01font00So02font02b00 fast he runs!02br
02br
00Could you please tell me if the above examples are accptable? Are their meaning still the same as the ones using "How"?02br
00Thank you for your answer!0-
  

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02br 02br 00 You may use "So", but at that time you are just emphasizing (not exclamation) on the adjective by using inversion. 02br 02br 01b 01font 00But I suppose that it is quite uncommon to use with verb other than be. 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 00So02font 02b 00 well does she play.

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  • 02br 02br 00 You may use "So", but at that time you are just emphasizing (not exclamation) on the adjective by using inversion.
  • 02br 02br 01b 01font 00But I suppose that it is quite uncommon to use with verb other than be.
  • 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 00So02font 02b 00 well does she play.
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0This is my opinion and I hope that you will agree with that.02br
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00 You may use "So", but at that time you are just emphasizing (not exclamation) on the adjective by using inversion. The sentences become:02br
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01b01font00So02font02b00 beautiful are the trees.02br
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1b00 So02b00 + 01b01u00adjective 02u02b00at the beginning of a 01b00clause02b00 triggers inversion. 02br
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01b00So02b00 blue is the sky 01b00that02b00 my heart brightens.02br
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00But I don't know whether the isolated sentence "so
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