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Northwind Posted 16 years ago
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Room x is so expenxive as room y.

Can 1 have the similar meaning as 2?

1. Room x is so expenxive as room y.

2. Room x is as expenxive as room y.

I think 1 means ' Room x is very expenxive like room y' only, i.e. 'so' of 1 means 'very.' So I think 1 can't have the similar meaning as 2.
  

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#1 won't work. Room X is so expensive. -- As a stand-alone sentence, that's okay, to mean it was very expensive.

— BarbaraPA

  • #1 won't work.
  • Room X is so expensive.
  • -- As a stand-alone sentence, that's okay, to mean it was very expensive.
  • Room X is as expensive as Room Y.
  • -- This means they are both the same price, and that you consider them both to be at least somewhat expensive.
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#1 won't work.

Room X is so expensive. -- As a stand-alone sentence, that's okay, to mean it was very expensive.

Room X is as expensive as Room Y. -- This means they are both the same price, and that you consider them both to be at least somewhat expensive.
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#1 won't work?

Ah, shock!

But, gotcha!

Thanks!
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northwind#1 won't work?
Ah, shock!
Shocking, Emotion: surprise but true!
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Yeah, EnglishForward.com is sometimes salty.

But it's always so exciting!

I love it!

Thanks!


(Something is wrong. The background is yellow and my post appears in two places though I posted only one around 5:00 p.m.)
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northwindThe background is yellow and my post appears in two places though I posted only one
That's because you clicked "Verify answer", whether accidentally or purposely, to show you thought it was the best answer in the thread! (I put it back where it was because it seems you didn't intend to do that.)

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Oh, thanks, CalifJim!

Yeah, I clicked 'Verify answer' because I thought it was a renew/update button.

Thanks!
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