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Ramadan imtiyaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

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Which one is correct?

1. Press freedom has never been as threatened as it is now.

or

2. Press freedom has never been so threatened as it is now.

  

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Both are correct. In negative sentences both so - as and as - as can be used: I am not so/as old as he. CB

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  • Both are correct.
  • In negative sentences both so - as and as - as can be used: I am not so/as old as he.
  • CB
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Both are correct. In negative sentences both so - as and as - as can be used: I am not so/as old as he.

CB

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Writers are usually advised to use 'so' with a negative in those kinds of sentences, and Google Ngrams shows that 'so' occurs more often in that context than 'as'.

Nevertheless, both are acceptable.

CJ

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