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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

That is [so/ just] not true.

Megan: Do you remember Rebecca from high school? I bumped into her yesterday.
Joan: Rebecca? I don't remember her.
Megan: I have something that help you remember her. Here. (She gives her a yearbook)
Joan: Yearbook! Do you still keep it? This is so you. I lost mine years ago. (after finding Rebecca in the yearbook) Oh, I know her. We weren't that close.
Megan: I suppose so. She said you stole her boyfriend.
Joan: That is so not true. They broke up the night before.

I'd like to know if can replace "so" with "just."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

Yes, but 'so' adds more emphasis. Clive

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Yes, but 'so' adds more emphasis.

Clive
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park sang joonI'd like to know if can replace "so" with "just."
Yes, but that changes the meaning to some extent.

That is [just / simply] not true. ~ It is simply the case that that is not true.
That is so not true ~ That is so untrue ~ That is [very / extremely / almost completely] untrue.

"so not [adjective]" comes
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Thank you, Clive and Mr.Jim, for your so very helpful answer.Emotion: smile
I thought "just" is an emphatic word like "so."
So, I'd like t
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That is just not true. The basic idea here is that it is easy/simple to see that it is untrue.
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park sang joonSo, I'd like to know in my example if "just" can't mean "very/ extremely/ almost completely."
No. It can't mean those things.

CJ
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park sang joonThat is so not true.
That is so inaccurate.
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Thank you, Clive and Mr. Jim, for your so very helpful answer.Emotion: smile
I'd like to ask you some more things; I hope I'm not badgering yo
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#3 means 'merely'.
For the others, 'simply'.

Clive
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I'm so sorry for bothering you but I 'm very impatient to know what I am about to ask you.
So, I'd like to ask you some more thing if I may.
The following is the part of definition of "just" in Oxford Learners Dictionaries
Just
10. (informal) really; completely
The food was just wonderful!I can just imagine his reaction.
<Oxford Learners Dictionaries
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No, in your two examples it seems to me to mean 'simply'.

Your informal meaning #10 works well to stress words of praise or criticism,.
eg You look just beautiful.
eg This medicine tastes just terrible.

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