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 Re: Double negatives
Here's an example of the old rule: SO...AS, AS...AS Both so and as are used as adverbs of degree correlative with the conjunction "as": unless there is a negative in the clause as is generally used; with a negative so is preferable to as. We say, "It is as cold as ice."
"It is not so good as it."
Source Practical Exercises in English / Buehler, Huber Gray, 1864-1924 |