So +adj+ as +noun

In the U.S., you would say "as good as Mark" not "so good as Mark."

AnonymousIs the construction so+adj+as+noun possible?
For example can I say I am so good as Mark at tennis?

You can say: I am not so/as good as Mark.

CB

Where it's so white as snow--
This is the line, that is why it came as a bit of surprise to me.
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Without a moment's hesitation, I would change that to "as white as snow."

Where it's so white as snow--

It's impossible to pass judgment on this construction unless you provide the whole context. How do we know whether there's a negative in the previous poetic line?

Of another place I do not know
Where it's so white as snow.

You can have so + adj. + as + noun if there's a ne

CJ, I accept that "not so X as Y" is a common BrE way to say it, but is it a regional thing in the US? Because even in the negative, "not as X as Y" still sounds "better" to me. If you were writing it yourself, would you use the "not so X as Y" construction?

This is what the American Heritage Dictionary has to say (in part) on the subject:

"A traditional usage rule draws a distinction between comparisons using as . . . as and comparisons using so . . . as. The rule states the so . . . as construction is required in negative sentences (as in Shakespeare's “'tis not so deep as a well”), in ques

YankeeThis is what the American Heritage Dictionary has to say (in part) on the subject:

But this so . . . as construction is becoming increasingly rare in American English, and the use of as . . . as is now entirely acceptable in all contexts."

Thanks Yankee. From this, I will deduce that Rockland

Grammar GeekFrom this, I will deduce that Rockland County, NY, was just ahead of its time in jettisoning the "so... as" construction and adopting the "as... as" construction in all cases.

It's where I grew up. The source of my original standard for the English language. Where no one I ever heard used "not so X as Y" but instead said "not as X as Y."