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.
Scotius <wolvzbro@mnsi.net> wrote in message news:<td4n009brlg0lfhu84fpltcla35cr9625f@4ax.com>...
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:06:14 +0100, yo@jazzfree.com wrote:
>
> >
> >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
>
> 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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