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0Hi Swordfish02br
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00I may be wrong but I believe only 'as' yields the intended meaning. 02br
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0 Thank you, Peaceblinkfriend.02br
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00I think so too. I do not think the negativity in the main clause affects our choice. 0-

0 The negativity of the main verb here doesn't affect the 'so/as' question. [He is not so clever as he thinks he is: negativity goes with 'clever'.] This distinction between 'as' and 'so' is becoming less common. 0-

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00The negativity of the main verb here doesn't affect the 'so/as' question. [He is not so clever as he thinks he is: negativity goes with 'clever'.] This distinction between 'as' and 'so' is becoming less common.12blockquote

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00So "so" is not correct here, is it?0-

0Even though I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to the "old" rules (and still like and use a lot of them), this so/as distinction is not one that I ever learned.02br
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00So I would say both: 01i00He is as tall as his brother02i00 and 01i00She is not as tall as her sister02i00.02br
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0Hi, Grammar Geek,02br
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00 To begin with, I'm in no calibre to teach you something. The rule says that "so ... as" is used only in negatives, but "so ... as" can be used with both negatives and positives.02br
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0Thanks for the link. This seems to be the crux of the matter: "Today these pairs are interchangeable in negative contexts: 01i00This fall has not been as02i00 [01i01b00so02b02i00] 01i00wet and rainy as last fall was."02i0-

0But what is the answer to the original post?0-

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0Thank you.0-