Preposition doubt

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yo@jazzfree.com - 29 Nov 2003 20:06 GMT

I would like to ask an native speaker which of the following
sentencies is the correct one?

1) My car is not so fast as yours --- My car is not as fast as
yours

Thanks

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Mike McBride - 30 Nov 2003 18:05 GMT

>I would like to ask an native speaker which of the following
>sentencies is the correct one?
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>
>Thanks

Hello Yo,
Both would be correct, however the second would be the one I would
use.
Take care
mike...

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Scotius - 19 Jan 2004 08:14 GMT

>I would like to ask an native speaker which of the following
>sentencies is the correct one?
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>
>Thanks

The one that's correct is "as fast", if you are adding the "as
yours" at the end. If you stopped short of that, it would be
acceptable to say "my car is not so fast".

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Celery - 24 Jan 2004 01:21 GMT

To the best of my knowledge, the structure "as...as" should be used
for comparing two entities of equal importance. However, if any words
related to negation such as "not" are used together with "as ... as",
then the structure should be revised as "so...as".

Hence, the first sentence "My car is not so fast as yours." should be
more acceptable.

> >I would like to ask an native speaker which of the following
> >sentencies is the correct one?
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> yours" at the end. If you stopped short of that, it would be
> acceptable to say "my car is not so fast".

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Preposition doubt